Where does “ноябр” come from?
ноябр (Tajik) comes from Russian ноя́брь, from Old East Slavic ноѩбрь, from Byzantine Greek Νοέμβριος, from Latin November, from Latin novem, from Latin novo, from Proto-Italic nowāō, from Proto-Indo-European néweh₂ti — new; to nod, assent to.
ноябр (Tajik): November
Ancestry of “ноябр”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | ноя́брь | — |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | ноѩбрь | — |
| 3 | Byzantine Greek | Νοέμβριος | — |
| 4 | Latin | November | — |
| 5 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 6 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |