Where does “Marte” come from?
Marte (Maltese) comes from Italian Marte, from Latin Mārs, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
Ancestry of “Marte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | Marte | — |
| 2 | Latin | Mārs | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |