Word Origin Summary

Ma̱rtiyo is attested in Ayutla Mixtec. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. martilloSpanishborrowed from
2. martellusLatininherited from
3. marculusLatininherited from
4. *melh₂tlo-Proto-Indo-Europeaninherited from
5. martielloOld Spanishinherited from

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