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Where does “marker” come from?

marker (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål markere, from French marquer, from Old French merchier, from Old French merc, from Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

marker (Norwegian Bokmål): indefinite plural of mark; imperative of markere

Definitions

  1. indefinite plural of mark; imperative of markere

Ancestry of “marker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmarkereto mark; to indicate; to commemorate
2FrenchmarquerTo mark, mark down; To mark; To brand
3Old Frenchmerchierto mark; to give a distinguishing feature to
4Old Frenchmercmark
5Old Norsemerkiboundary
6Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
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