January is the first month of the year, deep in winter. In January, early January, the January sales.
It is always capitalised and has thirty-one days. In Britain it holds the January sales, the darkest weeks and the tax return deadline on the thirty-first. It is named after Janus, the Roman god of doorways and beginnings, who had two faces looking forward and back — which is the most appropriate naming any month has received. Note that January and February were the last two months added to the Roman calendar.
1nounjanuaryThe first month of the year.
“January has about eight hours of daylight at the start of it.”
january is a month.
Latin
Iānuārius
Anglo-Norman
genever
Middle English
Januarie
English
January
English, today
january
Built from
January comes from Middle English Januarie, from Janevere, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin Iānuārius. 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 + -ārius, with the first element perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root yeh₂- (“to go”). a doublet of Gennaro.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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