Where does “marqués” come from?

marqués (Spanish) comes from Old French markis, 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.

marqués (Spanish): marquess

Definitions

  1. marquess

Ancestry of “marqués”, step by step

marqués traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French markis

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

via Old French markis,marchis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmarkis,marchis—

Words derived from “marqués”

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