month

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One of the twelve parts the year is divided into.

   July is my favorite month of the year.

2. 2
   noun

   A period of about thirty days.

   They were given a month to pay the bill.

Common collocations

• summer months Adjective + noun
• spend a month Verb + noun
• full month Adjective + noun
• recent months Adjective + noun
• last a month Verb + noun
• take a month Verb + noun
• calendar month Adjective + noun

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.

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