Where does “martello” come from?

martello (Italian) comes from Latin martellus, from Latin Mārculus, from Latin Mārcus, from Latin Martīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

martello (Italian): hammer; malleus, hammer; gavel

Definitions

  1. hammer; malleus, hammer; gavel

Ancestry of “martello”, step by step

martello traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin martellus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmartellushammer
2LatinMārculussmall hammer, hammer
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 Late Latin martellus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmartellus
2Latinmartulus
3Latinmarculussmall hammer, hammer
4Latinmarcusmark; large hammer, sledgehammer
5Frankishmarkmark, sign
6Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “martello

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-