Where does “marche” come from?
marche (Middle French) comes from Old French Marche, from Latin marca, from Frankish marku, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
marche (Middle French): limit; boundary
Ancestry of “marche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | Marche | — |
| 2 | Latin | marca | boundary-mark, boundary, limit; borderland,... |
| 3 | Frankish | marku | boundary, border; mark, border |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |