v.: 《c1410》 (O)F marcher to walk, march, go, 《原義》 trample (i) ＜ VL marcre ← LL marcus a hammer (ii) Frank, markn to mark out with footprints ＜ Gmc markn ← IE merg- border, boundary: cf. mark^１. ― n.: 《1590》 (M)F marche ← marcher march^２ /mt ｜ mt/