Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20160626203649/@comment-25396609-20160719151321

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote:1-Say, did you find the CNR explanation in Behind the Name? Because I found some info on the meaning and derivation of Marius there. And sure, first thing it said was exactly what you said....but, inmediately after, it says: "or else from the Latin root mas, maris meaning "male"".

That "or else" is what worries me, since it makes it seem like whoever wrote that wasn't really certain about what he wrote, and makes me question how trustworthy that site, or at least that page, really is.

Rome happened a long fucking time ago, the roots of some names were not very well recorded (in spite of the romans being completely anal about maintaining records)

It's not that they lacked confidence in the root origin of the name, simply that it is hard to say for sure given the circumstances.

The other option is two versions of the name exist within the language with different root words.