Where does “Jano” come from?

Jano (Portuguese) comes from Latin Iānus, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

Jano (Portuguese): Janus Roman god of gates and doorways

Definitions

  1. Janus Roman god of gates and doorways

Ancestry of “Jano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinIānus—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Latin Iānus →