January.
The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.
Meaning & usage
The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.
I hate Januarys: it's always too cold.
A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-no- Proto-Italic *jānos Latin iānus Latin Iānus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin Iānuāriusder. Anglo-Norman geneverbor. Middle English Janevere Middle English Januarie English January 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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