Where does “Confucius” come from?

Confucius (French) comes from Latin Confucius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Confucius (French): Confucius

Definitions

  1. Confucius

Ancestry of “Confucius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinConfuciusConfucius
2Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
3Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ius →Every word from Proto-Italic -jōs →