Etymograph

English

Marquez

Marquez comes from Spanish Márquez, from Latin Mārs ‘war, battle, conflict’, and ultimately from Old Latin Māvors.

  1. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEMāvors
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMārs‘war, battle, conflict’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CE*mārtcusreconstructed
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEMarcus
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentMarco(s)
  6. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentMárquez
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2025Marquez

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEMāvors
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMārs‘war, battle, conflict’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CE*mārtcusreconstructed
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEMarcus
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentMarco(s)
  6. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentMárquez
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2025Marquez

Earliest quotation: 2025, Hira Humayun, TikTok beauty influencer shot dead during live stream in Mex: “Valeria Marquez was addressing her TikTok followers in a…”

Linked words

through Old Latin Māvors

martinet

through Latin Mārs ‘war, battle, conflict’

mart, 1 more

Today it means

name A surname from Spanish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Latin Māvors / Marquez

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