merche

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English mereċe, from Proto-West Germanic *marik.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛrt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈmart͡ʃ(ə)/

Noun

merche (uncountable)

  1. Wild celery or smallage (Apium graveolens).
Descendants
  • English: march
References

Etymology 2

Noun

merche

  1. alternative form of merssh

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin marca.

Noun

merche oblique singular, f (oblique plural merches, nominative singular merche, nominative plural merches)

  1. mark (distinguishing feature or attribute)
  2. reprisal (act of retaliation)
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