Where does “merche” come from?
merche (Old French) comes from Latin marca, from Frankish marku, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
merche (Old French): mark; reprisal
Ancestry of “merche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | marca | boundary-mark, boundary, limit; borderland,... |
| 2 | Frankish | marku | boundary, border; mark, border |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |