marchis

Old French

noun

Definitions

marquis nobleman

Etymology

Derived from Frankish *markōn (press with the foot, mark, mark out).

Origin

Frankish

*markōn

Gloss

press with the foot, mark, mark out

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

marcha Latin
marcher French
*merg- Proto-Indo-European
*markō Proto-Germanic
*markōną Proto-Germanic
marchier Old French
marchi Norman
marchier Norman
*markōn Frankish
marchiér Franco-Provençal

marchier