Where does “Martial” come from?

Martial comes from Latin martialis, formed from Latin Mars (the god of war) plus the Latin suffix -alis, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European -kos and Proto-Italic Māwortis.

Martial (English): Alternative letter-case form of martial

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of martial

Ancestry of “Martial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmartial
2Middle Frenchmartial
3LatinMartialisRoman cognomen
4Latin-ālis
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “Martial

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis
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