Where does “Mencius” come from?

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

Mencius (Latin): Mencius

Definitions

  1. Mencius

Ancestry of “Mencius”, 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

Words derived from “Mencius”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →