Etymology

marco

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Today it means: Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Polo. Full definition →

Spanish marco ← Medieval Latin marcus ← Frankish *mark
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marco · interjection1

From Marco in the game Marco Polo.

marco · noun2

  1. Middle High German · derived frommarc“half-pound”
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*marką“mark, sign”
  3. Frankish · derived from*mark
  4. Medieval Latin · derived frommarcus
  5. Spanish · borrowed frommarco
  6. English todaymarco

From Portuguese and Spanish marco, from Medieval Latin marcus, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign”). Compare Middle High German marc (“half-pound”), which likely influenced the Romance development. See also Old English marc, Old Norse mǫrk.

Marco · proper noun3

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromMarco
  2. Portuguese · borrowed fromMarco
  3. Italian · borrowed fromMarco
  4. Romance · borrowed fromMarco
  5. English todayMarco

From Romance Marco (Italian Marco, Portuguese Marco, Spanish Marco).

Marco · interjection4

  1. Latin · derived fromMarcus Paulus
  2. English todayMarco

From Marco Polo, from Latin Marcus Paulus, from Marcus.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*marką all →

mark

Middle High Germanmarc all →

mark

LatinMarcus Paulus all →

polo

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.