Where does “marche” come from?

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

marche (Old French): limit; boundary

Definitions

  1. limit; boundary

Ancestry of “marche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishmarkuboundary, border; mark, border
2Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “marche”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Frankish marku →