July is the seventh month, the heart of the summer holidays. In July, the fourth of July, a hot July.
It was renamed for Julius Caesar, who was born in it, and it had been called Quintilis — the fifth month — from the older Roman year that began in March. That old count is why September, the ninth month, carries the Latin for seven. July is usually the warmest month in Europe.
1nounjulyThe seventh month of the year.
“In Britain, schools usually break up for the summer in July.”
july is a month.
Latin
iūlius
Anglo-Norman
julie
Middle English
Julie
English
July
English, today
july
July comes from Middle English Julie, from Anglo-Norman julie, from jule, from Latin iūlius. From Middle English Julie, julye, iulius, from Anglo-Norman julie, from Old French jule, juil, from Latin iūlius (Gaius Julius Caesar's month), perhaps a contraction of *Iovilios, "descended from Jove".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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