Where does “Dezember” come from?

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

Dezember (Luxembourgish): December

Definitions

  1. December

Ancestry of “Dezember”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDezemberDecember
2Middle High GermandecemberDecember
3Latindecemberof December; December
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →
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