TIL martial and marshal are unrelated etymologically, though marshalling data is by analogy with marshalling troops, and related to the military office. Marsha

TIL martial and marshal are unrelated etymologically, though marshalling data is by analogy with marshalling troops, and related to the military office. Marshal = mariscalcus = "horse servant", compare mare and seneschal. Martial = from Mars, god of war. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/marshal https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/marshal