Where does “enésimo” come from?

enésimo (Spanish) comes from Spanish ene, from Spanish enero, from Old Spanish janero, from Vulgar Latin ienuārius, from Latin iānuārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

enésimo (Spanish): umpteenth of an unspecified large number

Definitions

  1. umpteenth of an unspecified large number

Ancestry of “enésimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishenea huge amount of, lots of, many; a lot; The name...
2SpanisheneroJanuary
3Old SpanishjaneroJanuary
4Vulgar Latinienuārius
5Latiniānuāriusof January
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin iānuārius