Where does “April” come from?

April comes from Middle English apprile and aueril, from Latin Aprilis, the name of the fourth month of the Roman calendar.

Ancestry of “April”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	apprile	—
2	Middle English	aueril	—
3	Old French	avrill	—
4	Latin	Aprīlis	—
5	Etruscan	𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀	—
6	Ancient Greek	Ἀφροδίτη	Aphrodite; {{l\|en\|Aphrodite}}; Venus