Where does “Marcella” come from?

Marcella derives from Latin Marcella, the feminine form of Marcellus, which comes from Marcus, ultimately from Proto-Italic Māwortis, the genitive of Mars, the Roman god of war.

Marcella (English): A kind of corded or ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk

Definitions

  1. A kind of corded or ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk

Ancestry of “Marcella”, step by step

Marcella traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Marcella

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMarcella—
2LatinMarcellusA name of a plebeian Roman gens
3LatinMārcus—
4LatinMartīnus—
5Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
6Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via French Marseille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchMarseille—
2LatinMassilia—
3Ancient GreekΜασσαλίαMarseille
4Ancient Ligurianmasspring
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →