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Where does “janeiras” come from?

janeiras (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Janeiro, from Old Portuguese janeyro, from Latin iānuārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

janeiras (Portuguese): New Year's carols

Definitions

  1. New Year's carols

Ancestry of “janeiras”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseJaneiroSuperseded spelling of janeiro
2Old PortuguesejaneyroJanuary
3Latiniānuārius—
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →