English
marc
Marc comes from Old French marcher ‘to trample’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400marcher‘to trample’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600marc
- Englishearliest quotation 1929same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400marcher‘to trample’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600marc
- Englishearliest quotation 1929same form
Earliest quotation: 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms: “There were a few men in the café sitting…”
Every English word from Old French marcher
Today it means
noun The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French marcher / marc