enero
See also: Enero
Spanish
Etymology
Attested since 1171. From Old Spanish janero, jenero, itself possibly from Arabic يناير (yenāyir), or more likely from Vulgar Latin *januairu, *jenuarius, from classical Latin iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), from Iānus (“Roman god of doorways”), from iānua (“passage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“go”); cf. Sanskrit यान (yāna). Compare Portuguese janeiro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈneɾo/
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Descendants
See also
Further reading
- “enero” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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