august

august · adjective¹

1. Latin · derived fromaugustus“majestic, venerable, august; imperial, royal”
2. French · derived fromauguste“noble, stately; august”
3. English todayaugust

From French auguste (“noble, stately; august”) or Latin augustus (“majestic, venerable, august; imperial, royal”), from augeō (“to augment, increase; to enlarge, expand, spread”). Doublet of August and Augustus.

august · verb²

From August.

August · proper noun³

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewg-
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwgos
3. Proto-Italic*augos
4. Proto-Italic*augostos
5. Latinaugustus
6. LatinAugustus
7. LatinAugustus (mēnsis), (mēnsis) Augustusellip.
8. LatinAugustus
9. Old EnglishAugustus
10. Middle EnglishAugust
11. English todayAugust

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, singing, feeding or entrails + garrīre (“to chatter”). Doublet of august and Augustus.

August · proper noun⁴

1. Latin · derived fromAugustus
2. English todayAugust

In some cases a month name from English. In other cases inspired by the common German given name August, from Latin Augustus.

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