Where does “mars” come from?

mars (Romansch) comes from Latin martius, from Latin Mars, from Latin Mavors, from Proto-Italic Māwortis.

Ancestry of “mars”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmartiusof March, the first month of the traditional...
2LatinMarswar, battle, conflict
3LatinMavorsMars
4Proto-ItalicMāwortis—
Every word from Proto-Italic Māwortis →Every word from Latin Mavors →Every word from Latin Mars →