Where does “ghjennaghju” come from?

ghjennaghju (Corsican) comes from Vulgar Latin ienuārius, from Latin iānuārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

ghjennaghju (Corsican): January

Definitions

  1. January

Ancestry of “ghjennaghju”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinienuārius
2Latiniānuāriusof January
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin iānuārius
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