English
Martin
Martin comes from Latin Mārtīnus ‘of or like Mars” or “little Mars’, and goes back to Old Latin Māvors.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEMāvors
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMārs
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEMārtīnus‘of or like Mars” or “little Mars’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Martin
- Englishearliest quotation 1767same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEMāvors
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMārs
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEMārtīnus‘of or like Mars” or “little Mars’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Martin
- Englishearliest quotation 1767same form
Earliest quotation: 1767, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy: “Luther was not born in the year 1483, but…”
Every English word from Old Latin Māvors
Today it means
name A male given name from Latin originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Latin Māvors / Martin