Etymograph

English

marcato

Marcato comes from Italian marcare ‘to stress’, from marca ‘stamp’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *marką.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*marką‘mark, sign, stamp’reconstructed
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentmarca‘stamp’
  3. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentmarcare‘to stress’
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentmarcatopast participle of marcare
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*marką‘mark, sign, stamp’reconstructed
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentmarca‘stamp’
  3. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentmarcare‘to stress’
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentmarcatopast participle of marcare
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *marką ‘mark, sign, stamp’

march, mark, marco

Today it means

adv stressed; pronounced.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *marką / marcato

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