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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information)
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mark2 weight of gold or silver; money of account. OE.
marc, corr. to MDu.
marc (Du.
mark), MHG.
marke, ON.
mǫrk; the Gmc. forms, which vary in gender, are prob. all — medL.
marcus,
marca; perh. ult. identical with
MARK1.
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