Where does “december” come from?

december (Danish) comes from Latin december, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

december (Danish): December the twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar

Definitions

  1. December the twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar

Ancestry of “december”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecemberof December; December
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “december”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →