Where does “-ennium” come from?

-ennium (Latin) comes from Latin -ennis, from Latin annus, from Proto-Italic atnos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et-no-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- — grass.

-ennium (Latin): forming periods of years

Definitions

  1. forming periods of years

Ancestry of “-ennium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ennis
2Latinannusyear; time; season
3Proto-Italicatnosyear
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-no-
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-grass

Words derived from “-ennium

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂et-
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