Where does “marquis” come from?

marquis (Old French) comes from Italian marchese, from Late Latin marchensis, from Old High German marcha, from Frankish marku, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

Ancestry of “marquis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmarchesemarquis
2Late Latinmarchensis—
3Old High Germanmarcha—
4Frankishmarkuboundary, border; mark, border
5Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “marquis”

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