English

marksperson

From mark + -s- + person.

Formed from mark + -s- + person

Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs ‘edge’

Proto-Germanic *markō ‘boundary’

Proto-West Germanic *marku ‘boundary’

Old English mearc ‘mark’

Middle English mark

English mark

Latin persōna ‘mask; character, role’

Anglo-Norman parsone

Middle English persoun

Today it means

noun A marksman or markswoman.

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

Etymograph / marksperson