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Where does “marchar” come from?

marchar (Spanish) comes from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

marchar (Spanish): to go, travel; to march; to function, work, run

Definitions

  1. to go, travel; to march; to function, work, run

Ancestry of “marchar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmarcherto walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,...
2Middle Frenchmarcherto walk
3Old Frenchmarchierto walk; to travel by foot
4Frankishmarkōnto mark, mark out, to press with the foot
5Proto-Germanicmarkōnąto mark; to notice
6Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “marchar”

  • marcha
  • martsa
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