English
marcour
Marcour comes from Latin marcor ‘a withering’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mr̥k-eh₁- ‘to be soaked’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥k-eh₁-‘to be soaked’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarceō‘to wither’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarcor‘a withering’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650marcour
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥k-eh₁-‘to be soaked’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarceō‘to wither’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarcor‘a withering’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650marcour
Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “considering the exolution and languor ensuing that act in…”
Linked words
through Latin marceō ‘to wither’
Today it means
noun The state of withering or wasting; leanness; loss of flesh.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mr̥k-eh₁- / marcour