Etymograph

English

margo

Margo comes from Latin margō ‘border, margin, edge’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mórǵs‘boundary, border’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmargō‘border, margin, edge’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1969margo

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mórǵs‘boundary, border’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmargō‘border, margin, edge’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1969margo

Earliest quotation: 1969, Geological Survey Professional Paper, U.S. Government Printing Office: “The colpi are bordered by prominent margos or lips.…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs ‘boundary, border’

march, mark, marginal, 7 more

through Latin margō ‘border, margin, edge’

margin, marge, 5 more

Today it means

noun border, margin

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs / margo

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