Etymograph

English

Marcette

Marcette comes from French Marc ‘Mark’, from Latin Mārs ‘war, battle, conflict’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *Māwortis.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*Māwortisreconstructed
  2. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEMāvors
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMārs‘war, battle, conflict’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEMārcus
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentMarc‘Mark’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentMarcette
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1932same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*Māwortisreconstructed
  2. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEMāvors
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMārs‘war, battle, conflict’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEMārcus
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentMarc‘Mark’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentMarcette
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1932same form

Earliest quotation: 1932, Happenings of Creswell: “Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schneider and daughter, Marcette, returned…”

Equivalent to Marc + -ette

Old French marcher ‘to trample’

Middle French marc

English Marc

Linked words

through Old Latin Māvors

martinet

through Latin Mārs ‘war, battle, conflict’

mart, 1 more

Today it means

name A female given name from French.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *Māwortis / Marcette

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