enero

See also: Enero

Spanish

Etymology

Attested since 1171. From Old Spanish janero, jenero, itself possibly from Arabic يناير‎ (yenāyir), or more likely from Vulgar Latin *januairu, *jenuarius, from classical Latin iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), from Iānus (“Roman god of doorways”), from iānua (“passage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“go”); cf. Sanskrit यान (yāna). Compare Portuguese janeiro.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eˈneɾo/

Noun

enero m (plural eneros)

January

See also

(Gregorian calendar months) mes del calendario gregoriano; enero, febrero, marzo, abril, mayo, junio, julio, agosto, septiembre, octubre, noviembre, diciembre

Further reading

“enero” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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