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
Ancestry of “martillo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | martillo | hammer; malleus; auction house |
| 2 | Old Spanish | martiello | hammer |
| 3 | Late Latin | martellus | — |
| 4 | Latin | martulus | — |
| 5 | Latin | marculus | small hammer, hammer |
| 6 | Latin | marcus | mark; large hammer, sledgehammer |
| 7 | Frankish | mark | mark, sign |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |