Where does “zin” come from?
zin (Mauritian Creole) comes from French juin, from Old French juin, from Latin iūnius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
zin (Mauritian Creole): June
Ancestry of “zin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | juin | June |
| 2 | Old French | juin | June |
| 3 | Latin | iūnius | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |