merche

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• marche, merch, merege
• merc, merce (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

merche (uncountable)

1. Wild celery or smallage (Apium graveolens).

Descendants

• English: march

References

• “merch(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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)