The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁ey-“to go”
- Latin · borrowed fromIāniculum
- English todayJaniculum
Borrowed from Latin Iāniculum, from the name of the Roman deity Iānus (“Janus”), from iānus (“arcade, covered passageway”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey- all →
obituaryeiderrantambititivearrantintroit
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.