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Where does “marche” come from?

marche (Norman) comes from Norman marchi, from Old French marchié, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

marche (Norman): inflection of marchi: ## first/third-person...

Definitions

  1. inflection of marchi: ## first/third-person...

Ancestry of “marche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normanmarchito walk; to march; to function; past participle...
2Old Frenchmarchiémarket; marketplace
3Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →