Where does “Juvember” come from?
Juvember (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.
Juvember (English): A fictional month of the year, used as sarcasm or a joke to mean that something will never happen or never take place
Definitions
- A fictional month of the year, used as sarcasm or a joke to mean that something will never happen or never take place
Ancestry of “Juvember”, step by step
Juvember 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 November
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | November | The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December |
| 2 | Latin | November | of November |
| 3 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 4 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |