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Where does “dezembru” come from?

dezembru (Tetum) comes from Portuguese dezembro, from Old Portuguese dezembro, from Medieval Latin Decembrius, from Latin december, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

dezembru (Tetum): December

Definitions

  1. December

Ancestry of “dezembru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesedezembroDecember
2Old PortuguesedezembroDecember
3Medieval LatinDecembrius—
4Latindecemberof December; December
5Latindecemten; 10
6Latin-nus-an
7Proto-Italic-nos—
8Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →