Where does “margyn” come from?

margyn (Middle English) comes from Latin marginem, from Latin margō, from Proto-Indo-European merǵ- — edge, boundary, border; boundary, border;...

margyn (Middle English): The edge or border of something

Definitions

  1. The edge or border of something

Ancestry of “margyn”, step by step

margyn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin marginem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmarginemaccusative singular of margō
2Latinmargōborder, margin, edge
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmerǵ-edge, boundary, border; boundary, border;...

via Anglo-Norman margin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanmargin—

Words derived from “margyn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European merǵ- →Every word from Latin margō →Every word from Latin marginem →