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Where does “desanm” come from?

desanm (Haitian Creole) comes from French décembre, from English December, from Middle English December, from Old French decembre, from Latin december, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

desanm (Haitian Creole): December

Definitions

  1. December

Ancestry of “desanm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchdécembreDecember
2EnglishDecember—
3Middle EnglishDecember—
4Old FrenchdecembreDecember
5Latindecemberof December; December
6Latindecemten; 10
7Latin-nus-an
8Proto-Italic-nos—
9Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →