Etymology

Mark Cross

Today it means: A small village in Rotherfield parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5831). Full definition →

Middle English marke ← Old English mearc
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frommearc
  2. Middle English · derived frommarke
  3. English todayMark Cross

From Middle English marke, from Old English mearc, "cross on the (parish) boundary".

Words from the same roots

Old Englishmearc all →

markMarsden

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.