Where does “marcher” come from?

marcher (Middle French) comes from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

marcher (Middle French): to walk

Definitions

  1. to walk

Ancestry of “marcher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmarchierto walk; to travel by foot
2Frankishmarkōnto mark, mark out, to press with the foot
3Proto-Germanicmarkōnąto mark; to notice
4Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “marcher”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Proto-Germanic markōną →