Masculine
enero
Synonyms
Jan
no tiene días frescos
Enero
Enero
Frequency
Hyphenated as
e‧ne‧ro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/eˈneɾo/
Etymology
In summary
Attested since 1171. From Old Spanish janero, jenero, from Vulgar Latin ienuārius, from Classical Latin Iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), from Iānus (“Roman god of doorways”), from iānua (“passage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”) or Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-; cf. Sanskrit यान (yāna). Cognates with English January, Italian Gennaio, French Janvier and Portuguese Janeiro to name few, see Iānuārius for more cognates.
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