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marco.

boundary marker (usually, a stone or a set of three stones used for marking a boundary)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmaɾko/[ˈmaɾ.kʊ]
  1. boundary marker (usually, a stone or a set of three stones used for marking a boundary)

    masculine
    De marco a marco non hai arco
  2. doorframe or window frame

    masculine
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”).

noun/ˈmaɾko/[ˈmaɾ.kʊ]
  1. marco, Spanish mark, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 230 g

    historical · masculine
  2. mark, similar half-pound units of mass in other measurement systems

    historical · masculine
  3. mark, a former German currency

    historical · masculine
  4. markka, a former Finnish currency

    historical · masculine
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.