Where does “marchi” come from?
marchi (Norman) comes 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.
marchi (Norman): to walk; to march; to function; past participle...
Definitions
- to walk; to march; to function; past participle...
Ancestry of “marchi”, step by step
marchi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French marchié
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | marchié | market; marketplace |
| 2 | Latin | mercatus | trade, traffic, buying and selling; market,... |
| 3 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Old French marchier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 2 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |