marco

Meanings

marco¹

interjection

Alternative letter-case form of Marco.

marco²

nounmarco (plural marcos)

plural marcos

historicalA traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 230 g and particularly used for trade in gold and silver.
Synonyms: Spanish mark, mark, half-pound, Portuguese mark, mark, half-pound

Marco³

proper nounMarco (plural Marcos)

plural Marcos

A male given name from the Romance languages, equivalent to English Mark.
Marco mainly sells his clothes online.
1. A male given name from Italian.
2. A male given name from Portuguese.
3. A male given name from Spanish.

Marco⁴

interjection

Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Polo.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 230 g and particularly used for trade in gold and silver.

Similar

Spanish markmark half-poundPortuguese markmark half-pound

Also see

mark

Origin

marco · interjection

From Marco in the game Marco Polo.

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marco · noun

Middle High Germanmarc“half-pound”
Proto-Germanic*marką“mark, sign”
Frankish*mark
Medieval Latinmarcus
Spanishmarco
Englishmarco

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.

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Marco · proper noun