November

Meanings

1. 1
   name

   The eleventh month of the year, between October and December.

   My birthday is in November.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ Proto-Italic *nowən Latin novem Latin November Latin november Old French novembrebor. Middle English Novembre English November From Middle English Novembre, from Old French novembre, from Latin November (“ninth month”), from Latin novem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix. November was the ninth month in the Roman calendar. Displaced native Old English blōtmōnaþ (literally “sacrifice month”), so called because the Anglo-Saxons, when they were pagans, would sacrifice in this month before the wint…

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