Where does “margin” come from?

margin (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin margō, from Proto-Indo-European merǵ- — edge, boundary, border; boundary, border;...

margin (Norwegian Bokmål): a margin

Definitions

  1. a margin

Ancestry of “margin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmargōborder, margin, edge
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmerǵ-edge, boundary, border; boundary, border;...

Words derived from “margin”

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