January

The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.

Proper noun

  1. The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.
    • Holonyms: calendar year; year
    • 01/01/09 : Thursday, 1st January(,) 2009.
    • American style: Thursday, January 1st, 2009.

    Synonyms: First Month

    Related: Jan Jan. JAN mul:1 February March April May June July August September October November December

  2. A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
    • “Hi, January!” Lynn calls. “Happy birthday!” - 2011, Michael Schofield, January First:

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-der. Latin iānus Latin Iānus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -ārius Latin Iānuāriusder. Anglo-Norman geneverbor. Middle English Janevere Middle English Januarie English January From Middle English Januarie, januari, re-latinised forms of Middle English Janevere, Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin Iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), a compound of Iānus ("Janus") + -ārius (adjectival suffix), with the first element perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeh₂- (“to go”). Doublet of Gennaro.

Forms

Januaries Januarys Jan Jan. JAN

Related

Janus

Derived

Black January Dry January Januarily January 6 January Club January disease January effect January Events January indicator January King January Massacre January Rebellion January sales January term January thaw January Uprising May and January mid-January