Where does “month” come from?

Month comes from Middle English moneth, from Old English mōnaþ, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, ultimately from the root meh₁-.

month (English): A period into which a year is divided,...

Definitions

  1. A period into which a year is divided,...

Ancestry of “month”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmonethmonth
2Old Englishmōnaþmonth
3Proto-Germanicmēnōþsmonth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “month

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁-
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