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Where does “marti” come from?

marti (Latvian) comes from Latvian marts, from Latin Mārtius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

marti (Latvian): nominative plural form of marts; vocative...

Definitions

  1. nominative plural form of marts; vocative...

Ancestry of “marti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmartsthe month of March
2LatinMārtius—
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →