Where does “Janela” come from?

Janela (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese janella, from Vulgar Latin ianuella, from Latin iānua, from Latin Iānus, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

Janela (Portuguese): window

Definitions

  1. window

Ancestry of “Janela”, step by step

Janela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese janella

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesejanellawindow
2Vulgar Latinianuellawindow
3Latiniānuaany double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city)
4LatinIānus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

via Vulgar Latin januella

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinjanuellawindow

Words derived from “Janela”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Latin Iānus →Every word from Latin iānua →