Etymograph

English

Mark

Mark comes from Latin praenomen ‘praenomen (a first name or given name’, and goes back to Hittite ḫannaⁱ- ‘to sue, judge’.

  1. Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration‘to sue, judge’
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥‘name’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥‘name’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmen‘name’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraenomen‘praenomen (a first name or given name’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Mark
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1988same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration‘to sue, judge’
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥‘name’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥‘name’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmen‘name’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraenomen‘praenomen (a first name or given name’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Mark
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1988same form

Earliest quotation: 1988, Ann Oakley, Men's Room: “And your name?" she said, "I suppose it's quite…”

The story

From Middle English Mark, from the Latin praenomen (i.e. first name) Mārcus, derived from Mārs, the Roman god of war, originally Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’

name, anonymity, pseudonym, 31 more

through Latin nōmen ‘name’

nomination, noun, nominal, nominate, allocate, renown, misnomer, nominative, ignominious, ignominy, nomen, 19 more

Today it means

name A male given name from Latin.

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

Etymograph / Hittite ḫannaⁱ- / Mark

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