Where does “iānua” come from?

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

iānua (Latin): any double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city)

Definitions

  1. any double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city)

Ancestry of “iānua”, step by step

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

Words derived from “iānua

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂-Every word from Latin Iānus