The story
- Old French · derived fromdemarchier
- French · borrowed fromdémarche
- English todaydémarche
Unadapted borrowing from French démarche, from Middle French, from 12th century demarcher (“to march”), from Old French demarchier, from de- + marchier. Attested 1658, in sense “walk, step”; meaning “a diplomatic move” attested from 1670s.
Words from the same roots
Frenchdémarche all →
demarch
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.