Demark

//diːˈmɑɹk// name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Verb
  1. 1
    To demarcate. transitive

    "The book's three sections: "An Accidental Childhood," "A Feminine Age," and "The Wider Sphere Of Reference" — demark the familial, social and personal landscapes which Strouse carefully maps out."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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

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