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Where does “avril” come from?

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

avril (Mauritian Creole): April

Definitions

  1. April

Ancestry of “avril”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchavrilApril, the fourth month of the Gregorian...
2Old FrenchavrilApril
3LatinAprīlis—
4Etruscan𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀—
5Ancient GreekἈφροδίτηAphrodite; {{l|en|Aphrodite}}; Venus
Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη →