"marche" meaning in Old French

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Noun

Forms: marche oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], marches [oblique, plural], marche [nominative, singular], marches [nominative, plural], marchee [alternative], march [alternative], marce [alternative], merche [alternative]
Etymology: Either directly from Frankish *marku or through Latin marca, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”). Etymology templates: {{bor|fro|frk|*marku}} Frankish *marku, {{inh|fro|la|marca}} Latin marca, {{der|fro|gem-pro|*markō}} Proto-Germanic *markō, {{der|fro|ine-pro|*mórǵs|t=edge, boundary}} Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”) Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} marche oblique singular, f (oblique plural marches, nominative singular marche, nominative plural marches)
  1. limit; boundary Related terms: Danemarche
    Sense id: en-marche-fro-noun-EeSwKlD2 Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 10 7 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 1 7 1 10 9 11 5 1 11 7 1 7 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 6 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 6 1 10 1 8 8 9 6 1 9 10 1 10 1
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Download raw JSONL data for marche meaning in Old French (2.6kB)

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