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Where does “martell” come from?

martell (Catalan) comes from Italian martello, from Latin martellus, from Latin Mārculus, from Latin Mārcus, from Latin Martīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.

martell (Catalan): hammer

Definitions

  1. hammer

Ancestry of “martell”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmartellohammer; malleus, hammer; gavel
2Latinmartellushammer
3LatinMārculus—
4LatinMārcus—
5LatinMartīnus—
6Latin-īnus—
7Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
8Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
9Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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