English
janiceps
Janiceps comes from Latin Iānus ‘two-headed god’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- ‘to go, go in, travel’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yeh₂-‘to go, go in, travel’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jānosnext step skipped: Latin iānus
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIānus‘two-headed god’
- Englishtodayjaniceps
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yeh₂-‘to go, go in, travel’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jānosnext step skipped: Latin iānus
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIānus‘two-headed god’
- Englishtodayjaniceps
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- ‘to go, go in, travel’
Today it means
noun conjoined twins whose heads are fused together but look in opposite directions
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- / janiceps