Etymograph

English

Martinsen

Martinsen comes from Latin Mārtīnus ‘of or like Mars” or “little Mars’, and goes back to Old Latin Māvors.

  1. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEMāvors
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMārs
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEMārtīnus‘of or like Mars” or “little Mars’
  4. DanishmodernMartin
  5. Danish, derivedmodernMartinsen
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEMāvors
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMārs
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEMārtīnus‘of or like Mars” or “little Mars’
  4. DanishmodernMartin
  5. Danish, derivedmodernMartinsen
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A surname from Danish.

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

Etymograph / Old Latin Māvors / Martinsen