Where does “janvier” come from?

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

janvier (Old French): January

Definitions

  1. January

Ancestry of “janvier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinienuārius—
2Latiniānuāriusof January
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “janvier”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin iānuārius →
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