Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - marque

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Old Occitan marca, from marcar to mark, seize as pledge, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German marcon to mark  Date: 15th century  1. obsolete reprisal, retaliation  2. letters of ~  II. noun  Etymology: French, mark, brand, from Middle French, from ~r to mark, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German marcon to mark  Date: 1906 a brand or make of a product (as a sports car)