Where does “zanvie” come from?

zanvie (Mauritian Creole) comes from French janvier, from Old French janvier, from Vulgar Latin ienuārius, from Latin iānuārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

zanvie (Mauritian Creole): January

Definitions

  1. January

Ancestry of “zanvie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchjanvierJanuary
2Old FrenchjanvierJanuary
3Vulgar Latinienuārius
4Latiniānuāriusof January
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin iānuārius
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