Where does “marcar” come from?
marcar (Spanish) comes from Spanish marca, from Late Latin marca, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
marcar (Spanish): to mark, to set; to write down, jot down; to mark
Definitions
- to mark, to set; to write down, jot down; to mark
Ancestry of “marcar”, step by step
marcar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish marca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | marca | brand; mark; print |
| 2 | Late Latin | marca | boundary-mark, boundary, limit; borderland,... |
| 3 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |
via Italian marcare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | marcare | to mark; to brand, notch; to label |
| 2 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |