English
demark
Demark comes from French démarquer ‘to remove a mark or label from’, from Proto-Germanic *markō ‘border, boundary’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mórǵs‘boundary, border’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*markō‘border, boundary’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*markreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarca‘bound, mark, march’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500marcō‘to mark’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900*demarcō‘to mark off, set the bounds of, bound’reconstructed
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdémarquer‘to remove a mark or label from’
- Englishearliest quotation 1981demark
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mórǵs‘boundary, border’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*markō‘border, boundary’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*markreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarca‘bound, mark, march’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500marcō‘to mark’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900*demarcō‘to mark off, set the bounds of, bound’reconstructed
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdémarquer‘to remove a mark or label from’
- Englishearliest quotation 1981demark
Earliest quotation: 1981, David Foushee, What It Meant To Be Alice James: “The book's three sections: "An Accidental Childhood," "A Feminine…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs ‘boundary, border’
through Proto-Germanic *markō ‘border, boundary’
through Frankish *mark
through Latin marca ‘bound, mark, march’
Today it means
verb To demarcate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs / demark