marca
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- brand (of clothing etc.)
- brand (for cattle)
- mark (left on a surface)
- print (fingerprint, footprint)
- (sports) record; personal best
- (nautical) marker; buoy
- (slang) whore; harlot
- (historical) march; marchland (area)
- (sports) marker player marking a rival
Etymology
Inherited from Latin marca (boundary-mark) derived from Proto-Germanic *marką (mark, sign, stamp).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*marką
Gloss
mark, sign, stamp
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- comarca English
- marca Latin
- marchio Latin
- marca Italian
- marcare Italian
- marque French
- comarca Spanish, Castilian
- comarcal Spanish, Castilian
- comarqueño Spanish, Castilian
- desmarcar Spanish, Castilian
- marcador Spanish, Castilian
- marcapasos Spanish, Castilian
- marcapáginas Spanish, Castilian
- marcar Spanish, Castilian
- remarcar Spanish, Castilian
- subcomarca Spanish, Castilian
- *marǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *merǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- marca Portuguese
- *marką Proto-Germanic
- *markō Proto-Germanic
- marc Old English
- mark Old Norse
- mǫrk Old Norse
- marcher Old French
- marc Catalan, Valencian
- marca Catalan, Valencian
- mark Icelandic
- marca Galician
- marxa Galician
- marc Middle Dutch
- marcgravo Old High German
- marka Old High German
- mark Old Swedish
- *mark Frankish
- *marku Frankish