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Where does “Marche” come from?

Marche (Old French) comes from Latin marca, from Frankish marku, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

Ancestry of “Marche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmarcaboundary-mark, boundary, limit; borderland,...
2Frankishmarkuboundary, border; mark, border
3Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “Marche”

  • March
  • Marchy
  • mid-March
  • March
  • మార్చి
  • मार्च
  • مارچ
  • Machi
  • Mac
  • Mairch
  • မတ်မတ်
  • မတ်
  • মাৰ্চ
  • মার্চ
  • Malaki
  • Mars
  • Maris
  • Māehe
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