enero

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Contents 1 Spanish 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

A.D. 1171. From Old Spanish jenero, from Andalusian Arabic  (jenairo). Compare Portuguese janeiro, from Vulgar Latin jenuarius, from 700 B.C.  classical Latin januarias (“‘(month) of Janus’”), from Janus (“‘Roman god of doorways’”), from janus (“‘passage’”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“‘go’”); compare Sanskrit  (yāna).

[edit] Pronunciation

• eh-neh'-rroh

[edit] Noun

enero m. (plural eneros)

1. January

[edit] Related terms

• (month): Previous: diciembre. Next: febrero