English
Markan
From Mark + -an.
A compound of Mark + -an
Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs ‘edge’
Proto-Germanic *markō ‘boundary’
Proto-West Germanic *marku ‘boundary’
Old English mearc ‘mark’
Middle English mark
English Mark
Today it means
adj Of, or relating to Mark the Evangelist.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Markan