Etymology

Marcomanni

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Today it means: an ancient Germanic tribe. Full definition →

Latin Marcomanni ← Proto-Germanic *markō
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*markō“border”
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromMarcomanni
  3. English todayMarcomanni

Learned borrowing from Latin Marcomanni, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“border”) + *mann- (“man”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*markō all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.