Where does “saturnin” come from?
saturnin (Middle English) comes from Old French saturnin, from Latin Sāturnīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
Ancestry of “saturnin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | saturnin | — |
| 2 | Latin | Sāturnīnus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -īnus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “saturnin”