English

marker

From mark + -er.

A compound of mark + -er

Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs ‘edge’

Proto-Germanic *markō ‘boundary’

Proto-West Germanic *marku ‘boundary’

Old English mearc ‘mark’

Middle English mark

English mark

Today it means

noun A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen.

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