Where does “Junuary” come from?
Junuary (English) comes from English June, from Middle English june, from Middle English Juyn, from Old French juing, from Latin iūnius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Junuary (English): A June with cool, rainy weather, typical of the Pacific Northwest climate
Definitions
- A June with cool, rainy weather, typical of the Pacific Northwest climate
Ancestry of “Junuary”, step by step
Junuary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English June
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | June | The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice |
| 2 | Middle English | june | — |
| 3 | Middle English | Juyn | — |
| 4 | Old French | juing | — |
| 5 | Latin | iūnius | Of the Junian gens |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English January
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | January | The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February |
| 2 | Middle English | Ieneuer | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | genever | — |
| 4 | Latin | iānuārius | of January |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |