Etymograph

English

remarque

Remarque comes from French remarque ‘remark’, from marquer ‘to mark, mark down’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *markiją.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*markijąreconstructed
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350merki‘standard, banner’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400merc‘sign’
  4. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400merchier‘to mark’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600marquer
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to mark, mark down’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presentremarquerdeverb.
  8. French, derivedc. 1600–presentremarque‘remark’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*markijąreconstructed
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350merki‘standard, banner’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400merc‘sign’
  4. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400merchier‘to mark’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600marquer
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to mark, mark down’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presentremarquerdeverb.
  8. French, derivedc. 1600–presentremarque‘remark’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *markiją

Today it means

noun A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken.

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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *markiją / remarque

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