English
marchmount
From march (“borderland”) + mount; coined by Edward H.
A compound of march ‘borderland’ + mount
Proto-Germanic *marką ‘mark’
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Frankish *markōn ‘to mark’
Old French marchier ‘to stride’
Middle French marcher ‘to march’
Middle English marchen
English march
Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to stand out, tower’
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Proto-Italic *monts ‘mountain’
Latin mōns ‘hill, mountain’
Old English munt ‘hill, mountain’
Middle English mount ‘mountain’
English mount
The story
From march (‘borderland’) + mount; coined by Edward H.
Today it means
noun A tall mountain, in particular one of the Five Great Mountains of China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / marchmount