January

Senso (Inglese)

  1. The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.
  2. (rare) A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].

Concetti

Gennaio

sinonimi

New Year’s Day

first month

Frequenza

B2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈd͡ʒæn.j(ʊ.)ə.ɹi/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

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.

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