enero
See also: Enero
Spanish
Etymology
Attested since 1171. From Old Spanish janero, jenero, from Vulgar Latin ienuārius, from Classical Latin iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), from Iānus (“Roman god of doorways”), from iānua (“passage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”) or Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-; cf. Sanskrit यान (yāna). Cognates with English January, Italian Gennaio, French Janvier and Portuguese Janeiro to name few, see iānuārius for more cognates.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈneɾo/ [eˈne.ɾo]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: e‧ne‧ro
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Further reading
- “enero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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