month

A1 Topic:Time

US /mʌnθ/ See IPA manual

Freq #772

Meanings

1

noun
One of the twelve parts the year is divided into.

July is my favorite month of the year.
2

noun
A period of about thirty days.

They were given a month to pay the bill.

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1 noun · one of the twelve parts the... calendar month

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Forms months

Derived forms eastermonthhalfmonthhoney-monthintermonthintramonthman-monthmidmonthmonth-longmonthermonthfulmonthiversarymonthling

Related forms calendar

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥sder. Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ Old English mōnaþ Middle English mon(e)th English month From Middle English mon(e)th, from Old English mōnaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably derived from *meh₁- (“measure”) with moon-cycles being used to measure time. Related to moon.

moneth Middle English mōnaþ Old English *mānōþ Proto-West Germanic *mēnōþs Proto-Germanic *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Indo-European

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# month

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /mʌnθ/
**Frequency rank:** 772

## Meanings
1. One of the twelve parts the year is divided into.
2. A period of about thirty days.

## Examples
- July is my favorite month of the year.
- They were given a month to pay the bill.

## Derived Forms
- eastermonth
- halfmonth
- honey-month
- intermonth
- intramonth
- man-month
- midmonth
- month-long
- monther
- monthful
- monthiversary
- monthling

## Related Forms
- calendar

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: moneth
- Root: mōnaþ
- Root: *mānōþ
- Root: *mēnōþs
- Root: *mḗh₁n̥s

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥sder. Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ Old English mōnaþ Middle English mon(e)th English month From Middle English mon(e)th, from Old English mōnaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably derived from *meh₁- (“measure”) with moon-cycles being used to measure time. Related to moon.

## AI Etymology
Month comes from Middle English mon(e)th, from Old English mōnaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably derived from *meh₁- (“measure”) with moon-cycles being used to measure time. Related to moon. In present-day English its meanings include one of the twelve parts the year is divided into and a period of about thirty days. The historical chain runs through moneth (Middle English), mōnaþ (Old English), *mānōþ (Proto-West Germanic), *mēnōþs (Proto-Germanic), and *mḗh₁n̥s (Proto-Indo-European). Related and derived forms include calendar, eastermonth, halfmonth, and honey-month.

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- Time

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