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Where does “avril” come from?

avril (French) comes from Old French avril, from Latin Aprīlis, from Etruscan 𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀, from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη — Aphrodite; {{l|en|Aphrodite}}; Venus.

avril (French): April, the fourth month of the Gregorian...

Definitions

  1. April, the fourth month of the Gregorian...

Ancestry of “avril”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchavrilApril
2LatinAprīlis—
3Etruscan𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀—
4Ancient GreekἈφροδίτηAphrodite; {{l|en|Aphrodite}}; Venus

Words derived from “avril”

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