June
Sentences
Meaning
- The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice.
- A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English], for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/d͡ʒuːn/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Middle English Juyn, juyng, from Old French juing, juin, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (“Juno”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (“vital force, youthful vigor”).
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