Where does “martigena” come from?

martigena (Latin) comes from Latin -gena, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

martigena (Latin): child of Mars (the god of war), begotten by Mars

Definitions

  1. child of Mars (the god of war), begotten by Mars

Ancestry of “martigena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-genaborn
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin -gena →