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Where does “Ianiculum” come from?

Ianiculum (Latin) comes from Latin Iānus, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

Ianiculum (Latin): Janiculum hill

Definitions

  1. Janiculum hill

Ancestry of “Ianiculum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinIānus—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

Words derived from “Ianiculum”

  • Gianicolo
  • gianicolense
  • Ἰανοῦκλον
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