January

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. Abbreviation: Jan or Jan.
2. A female given name from English.

Koppelteken as

Jan‧u‧ary

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒæn.j(ʊ.)ə.ɹi/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English Januarie, januari, re-latinised forms of Middle English Janevere, Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin Iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), a compound of Iānus ("Janus") + -ārius (adjectival suffix), with the first element perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeh₂- (“to go”). Doublet of Gennaro.