marco.
boundary marker (usually, a stone or a set of three stones used for marking a boundary)
Meaning & usage
boundary marker (usually, a stone or a set of three stones used for marking a boundary)
De marco a marco non hai arco
doorframe or window frame
Where this word comes from
Attested in local Latin documents since the 9th century, together with its derivatives marcar and demarcar (“to demarcate”). Given its early local documentation, it is not a borrowing from Italian, but from Gothic or rather Suevic. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary, region”), from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“boundary, border”).
marco, Spanish mark, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 230 g
mark, similar half-pound units of mass in other measurement systems
mark, a former German currency
markka, a former Finnish currency
Where this word comes from
From Medieval Latin marcus. As a German currency, a calque of German Mark. As a Finnish currency, a calque of Finnish markka. Cognate with Catalan marc and Spanish and Portuguese marco.
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