martellus

Latin

Etymology

Probably a diminutive of Imperial-era Latin martulus, alteration of marculus.

Noun

martellus m (genitive martellī); second declension (Late Latin)

1. hammer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	martellus	martellī
Genitive	martellī	martellōrum
Dative	martellō	martellīs
Accusative	martellum	martellōs
Ablative	martellō	martellīs
Vocative	martelle	martellī

Descendants

• Aragonese: martiello
• Asturian: martiellu
• Catalan: martell
• Corsican: martellu
• Dalmatian: martial
• Emilian: martèl
• → Dutch: martel
• → English: martel
• → Esperanto: martelo
• French: marteau
  • → Algerian Arabic: مارطو (marṭu)
• Friulian: martiel
• Galician: martelo
• Italian: martello
• Norman: marté
• Mediterranean Lingua Franca: martello
• Neapolitan: martiello
• Occitan: martèl, martèth, martèu
• Portuguese: martelo
• Romansch: martè, marti, martel
• Sardinian: maltedhu, malteddu, marcedhu, martedhu, marteddu, martzedhu, martzeddu
• Spanish: martillo
• Sicilian: marteddu
• Venetian: marteło, martel
• Walloon: mârtia, mårtea
• → Proto-Brythonic: *morθul (from *mortulus)
  • Middle Breton: morzol
    • Breton: morzhol
  • Middle Cornish: morthol
  • Middle Welsh: morthwl
    • Welsh: morthwyl

References

• martellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)