Where does “Hunyo” come from?
Hunyo (Tagalog) comes from Spanish junio, from Latin iūnius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Ancestry of “Hunyo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | junio | June |
| 2 | Latin | iūnius | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |