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Where does “martillo” come from?

martillo (Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl) comes from Spanish martillo, from Old Spanish martiello, from Late Latin martellus, from Latin martulus, from Latin marculus, from Latin marcus, from Frankish mark, from Proto-Germanic markō — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

martillo (Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl): hammer

Definitions

  1. hammer

Ancestry of “martillo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmartillohammer; malleus; auction house
2Old Spanishmartiellohammer
3Late Latinmartellus—
4Latinmartulus—
5Latinmarculussmall hammer, hammer
6Latinmarcusmark; large hammer, sledgehammer
7Frankishmarkmark, sign
8Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
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