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English word origin

Etymology of Mars

From Middle English Mars, from Latin Mārs (“god of war”), from Old Latin Māvors.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

Gules (red), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets. · Iron.

name

The fourth planet in the solar system. Symbol: ♂ · The Roman god of war. · War, personified.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English Mars, from Latin Mārs (“god of war”), from Old Latin Māvors.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
name

A surname. · A brand of chocolate bar with caramel and nougat filling.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Possibly a variant of Marrs, itself from Marr with post-medieval excrescent -s. The Mars bar was named after Franklin Clarence Mars, who founded the company that produces these chocolate bars.

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
name

A village in Semenivka urban hromada, Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Ukrainian Марс (Mars).

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Source etymology 4

Original entry ↗
noun

Alternative form of Mas.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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