demark

demark · verb¹

1. Medieval Latin · derived frommarcō“to mark”
2. Latin · derived fromdē-“off”
3. New Latin · derived from*demarcō“to mark off, set the bounds of, bound”
4. French · borrowed fromdémarquer
5. English todaydemark

From French démarquer, from New Latin *demarcō (“to mark off, set the bounds of, bound”), from Latin dē- (“off”) + Medieval Latin marcō (“to mark”), from marca (“bound, mark, march”). By surface analysis, de- + mark. See mark, march.

Demark · proper noun²

1. Italian · derived fromDe Marco
2. French · derived fromDemarcq
3. English todayDemark

Altered spelling of French Demarcq, or alternatively an Americanized form of Italian De Marco.

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