Where does “janvye” come from?

janvye (Haitian Creole) comes from French janvier, from Old French janvier, from Vulgar Latin ienuārius, from Latin iānuārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

janvye (Haitian Creole): January

Definitions

  1. January

Ancestry of “janvye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchjanvierJanuary
2Old FrenchjanvierJanuary
3Vulgar Latinienuārius—
4Latiniānuāriusof January
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-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 →