English
thumbmarkthumbmark
From thumb + mark.
A compound of thumb + mark
Proto-Indo-European *tūm- ‘to grow’
Proto-Germanic *þūmô
Proto-West Germanic *þūmō
Old English þūma
Middle English thombe
English thumb
Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs ‘edge’
Proto-Germanic *markō ‘boundary’
Proto-West Germanic *marku ‘boundary’
Old English mearc ‘mark’
Middle English mark
English mark
Today it means
noun The mark left by a thumb.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “thumbmark”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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