English

fingermark

From finger + mark.

A compound of finger + mark

Proto-Germanic *fingraz ‘finger’

Proto-West Germanic *fingr

Old English finger

Middle English fynger ‘a finger’

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

noun A blemish made by a dirty finger; a fingerprint.

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

Etymograph / fingermark