march
English
/mɑːtʃ/, /mɑɹtʃ/
noun
Definitions
- A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
- A political rally or parade
- Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see (music)|Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
- Steady forward movement or progression.
- (euchre) The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English marchen derived from Middle French marcher (march, walk) derived from Old French marchier (trample, stride, march) derived from Frankish *markōn (press with the foot, mark, mark out) derived from Proto-Germanic *markōną (mark, notice, rim, edge, region, area, border) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mereg- (edge, boundary) inherited from Old English mearcian.
Origin
Old English
mearcian
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Merk English
- countermarch English
- dismarch English
- marchest English
- marcheth English
- marchlike English
- marchman English
- marchy English
- outmarch English
- overmarch English
- marcha Latin
- marginalis Latin
- Merk German
- marschieren German
- marche French
- marcher French
- marcheur French
- remarcher French
- маршировать Russian
- marcha Spanish, Castilian
- marchar Spanish, Castilian
- *mereg- Proto-Indo-European
- *merg- Proto-Indo-European
- *merǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- marsjere Norwegian Bokmål
- marchar Portuguese
- *markō Proto-Germanic
- *markōną Proto-Germanic
- Merk Polish
- Denemearc Old English
- amearcian Old English
- eþelmearc Old English
- gemearcian Old English
- landmearc Old English
- leodmearc Old English
- mearc Old English
- mearcian Old English
- mearcung Old English
- miercels Old English
- mircels Old English
- tomearcian Old English
- tælmearc Old English
- marchen Middle English
- mark Middle English
- marka Old Norse
- marchere Danish
- marchier Old French
- marchis Old French
- marŝi Esperanto
- marxar Catalan, Valencian
- marchar Galician
- مرز Persian
- marchar Ido
- marchetar Ido
- marchi Norman
- marchier Norman
- marcher Middle French
- *marku gmw-pro
- merk Middle Low German
- markon Old Saxon
- machi Swahili
- marchar Occitan
- *markōn Frankish
- marché Louisiana Creole French
- marchiér Franco-Provençal