Where does “december” come from?

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

december (Middle High German): December

Definitions

  1. December

Ancestry of “december”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecemberof December; December
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “december”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →
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