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Where does “maart” come from?

maart (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch maerte, from Latin Mārtius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

maart (Dutch): March

Definitions

  1. March

Ancestry of “maart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmaerte—
2LatinMārtius—
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “maart”

  • مارت
  • mart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →