Where does “december” come from?

december (Latin) comes from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

december (Latin): of December; December

Definitions

  1. of December; December

Ancestry of “december”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecemten; 10
2Latin-nus-an
3Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “december”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →