Where does “month” come from?

month (Middle English) comes from Middle English moneth, from Old English mōnaþ, from Proto-Germanic mēnōþs, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

month (Middle English): Alternative form of moneth

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of moneth

Ancestry of “month”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmonethmonth
2Old Englishmōnaþmonth
3Proto-Germanicmēnōþsmonth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →
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