martillo

/maɾˈtiʝo/ · B1 · noun · m

hammer

🔨 Charles Martel was nicknamed the Hammer; martillo comes from the same root

Both come from Late Latin martellus, a small hammer. The auction-house sense comes from the auctioneer's hammer that closes each sale, and the malleus is the hammer-shaped bone in the ear.

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