Mars -- marah -- marasmus
Jan. 31st, 2004 06:56 pmMarch -- from Mars, Roman god of war.
Marcellus see Mark.
Mark is the English form of Marcus is a Latin name, probably came from Marticos. It refers to Mars, the Roman god of war.
Alternates: Marcellus, Marcellinus, Marcel, Marcello.
Marseille -- second largest city in the country and a major port; founded in about 600 b.c. by Greeks from Phocaea.
Marseillaise -- it was first sung in Paris by the battalion of Marseille
Marsala -- a port in W Sicily: landing place of Garibaldi at the start of his Sicilian campaign (1860); a dark sweet dessert wine made in Sicily.
Is said to be from Ar. Mirsa-llahi, lit. "the Port of God." [OMG]
Original name: Lilibeo is Phoenician, and the Romans Latinized it to Lilybaeum.
[не от Марса]
marshal -- (in some armies and air forces) an officer of the highest rank
ETYMOLOGY 13th Century: from Old French mareschal; related to Old High German marahscalc groom, from marah horse + scalc servant.
[не от martial, и не от marsh]
marasmus - 1656, Mod.L., "wasting away of the body," from Gk. marasmos "a wasting away, withering, decay," from marainein "to quench, weaken, wither," from PIE base *mer- "to rub away, harm" (cf. Skt. mrnati "crushes, bruises").
margin - 1362, "space between a block of text and the edge of a page," from L. margo (gen. marginis) "edge," from PIE *mereg- "edge, boundary" (see mark (1)). General sense of "boundary space" is from 1382.
marquis - c.1300, title of nobility, from O.Fr. marchis, lit. "ruler of a border area," from O.Fr. marche "frontier," from M.L. marca "frontier, frontier territory" (see march (n.)). Originally the ruler of border territories in various European nations (e.g. It. marchese, Sp. marqués);
[интересно, то что приграничные земли назывались маркой, как то с Марсом связано?]
Marcellus see Mark.
Mark is the English form of Marcus is a Latin name, probably came from Marticos. It refers to Mars, the Roman god of war.
Alternates: Marcellus, Marcellinus, Marcel, Marcello.
Marseille -- second largest city in the country and a major port; founded in about 600 b.c. by Greeks from Phocaea.
Marseillaise -- it was first sung in Paris by the battalion of Marseille
Marsala -- a port in W Sicily: landing place of Garibaldi at the start of his Sicilian campaign (1860); a dark sweet dessert wine made in Sicily.
Is said to be from Ar. Mirsa-llahi, lit. "the Port of God." [OMG]
Original name: Lilibeo is Phoenician, and the Romans Latinized it to Lilybaeum.
[не от Марса]
marshal -- (in some armies and air forces) an officer of the highest rank
ETYMOLOGY 13th Century: from Old French mareschal; related to Old High German marahscalc groom, from marah horse + scalc servant.
[не от martial, и не от marsh]
marasmus - 1656, Mod.L., "wasting away of the body," from Gk. marasmos "a wasting away, withering, decay," from marainein "to quench, weaken, wither," from PIE base *mer- "to rub away, harm" (cf. Skt. mrnati "crushes, bruises").
margin - 1362, "space between a block of text and the edge of a page," from L. margo (gen. marginis) "edge," from PIE *mereg- "edge, boundary" (see mark (1)). General sense of "boundary space" is from 1382.
marquis - c.1300, title of nobility, from O.Fr. marchis, lit. "ruler of a border area," from O.Fr. marche "frontier," from M.L. marca "frontier, frontier territory" (see march (n.)). Originally the ruler of border territories in various European nations (e.g. It. marchese, Sp. marqués);
[интересно, то что приграничные земли назывались маркой, как то с Марсом связано?]