Where does “Marzo” come from?

Marzo (Chavacano) comes from Spanish marzo, from Latin Mārtius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Marzo (Chavacano): March

Definitions

  1. March

Ancestry of “Marzo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishmarzoMarch
2LatinMārtiusof or belonging to Mars, the god of war; sacred to Mars
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →