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Where does “Iunius” come from?

Iunius (Latin) comes from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “Iunius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
2Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
3Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →