Where does “Januarie” come from?

Januarie (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch januari, from Latin iānuārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Januarie (Afrikaans): January

Definitions

  1. January

Ancestry of “Januarie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchjanuariJanuary
2Latiniānuāriusof January
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin iānuārius →