August

Meanings

1. 1
   name

   The eighth month of the year, after July and before September.

   We're going on holiday in August.

2. 2
   adj

   Impressive and deserving great respect.

   The ceremony took place in the august surroundings of the cathedral.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-der. Latin augustus Latin Augustusder. Old English Augustusder. Middle English Augustder. English August Early Middle English August(us), re-Latinized from Old English Agustus, from Late Latin Agustus, from Latin augustus (“month of August”), from the agnomen Augustus (“venerable”) of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from either Old Latin *augos (“increase”), from Proto-Italic *augos, from Proto-Indo-European base *h₂ewg- (“to increase”); or Latin avis (“bird”), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singin…

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