Where does “januaro” come from?

januaro (Esperanto) comes from German Januar, from Latin iānuārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

januaro (Esperanto): January

Definitions

  1. January

Ancestry of “januaro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanJanuarJanuary
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 →