Where does “décembre” come from?

décembre (Norman) comes from Old French decembre, from Latin december, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

décembre (Norman): December

Definitions

  1. December

Ancestry of “décembre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchdecembreDecember
2Latindecemberof December; December
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem
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