Where does “Marcus” come from?

Marcus comes from Latin Marcus, derived from Proto-Italic Māwortis through Proto-Indo-European -kos, a suffix of unknown ultimate origin.

Ancestry of “Marcus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMārcus—
2LatinMartīnus—
3Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “Marcus”

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