Where does “magmartsa” come from?
magmartsa (Tagalog) comes from Cebuano martsa, from Spanish marcha, from Spanish marchar, from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
magmartsa (Tagalog): to march
Definitions
- to march
Ancestry of “magmartsa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | martsa | a march; to march; to hold a demonstration; to... |
| 2 | Spanish | marcha | march; departure; party |
| 3 | Spanish | marchar | to go, travel; to march; to function, work, run |
| 4 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 5 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 6 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 7 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |