Where does “Mars” come from?

Mars (Icelandic) comes from Latin Mars, from Latin Mavors, from Proto-Italic Māwortis.

Mars (Icelandic): (planet)

Definitions

  1. (planet)

Ancestry of “Mars”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMarswar, battle, conflict
2LatinMavorsMars
3Proto-ItalicMāwortis—
Every word from Proto-Italic Māwortis →Every word from Latin Mavors →Every word from Latin Mars →