Where does “janúar” come from?

janúar (Icelandic) comes from Latin iānuārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

janúar (Icelandic): January

Definitions

  1. January

Ancestry of “janúar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniānuāriusof January
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “janúar”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin iānuārius →