Middle English marchal

← English marahscalc (mention)

← Middle English mere (cognate)

← Middle English schalk (mention)

← Old French marschal (mention)

← Old French marescal (borrowed)

← Old French mareschal (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *marhaz (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *skalkaz (mention)

← Old High German marah-scalc (derived)

← Old Saxon maraskalk (cognate)

→ English marshal (inherited)

→ Middle English erle marchal (affix)