Where does “marcă” come from?
marcă (Romanian) comes from German mark, from Latin Mārcus, from Latin Martīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
marcă (Romanian): mark; brand; sign
Definitions
- mark; brand; sign
Ancestry of “marcă”, step by step
marcă traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German mark
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | mark | mark any of various European monetary units |
| 2 | Latin | Mārcus | — |
| 3 | Latin | Martīnus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via French marquer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | marquer | To mark, mark down; To mark; To brand |
| 2 | Old French | merchier | to mark; to give a distinguishing feature to |
| 3 | Old French | merc | mark |
| 4 | Old Norse | merki | boundary |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |