Where does “desam” come from?
desam (Mauritian Creole) comes from French décembre, from English December, from Middle English December, from Old French decembre, from Latin december, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
desam (Mauritian Creole): December
Definitions
- December
Ancestry of “desam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | décembre | December |
| 2 | English | December | The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice |
| 3 | Middle English | December | — |
| 4 | Old French | decembre | December |
| 5 | Latin | december | of December; December |
| 6 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 7 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |