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Where does “janeiru” come from?

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

janeiru (Tetum): January

Definitions

  1. January

Ancestry of “janeiru”, step by step

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