Etymology

mid-April

Today it means: Any time in the middle of April. Full definition →

English April ← Middle English Aprill ← Old French avril
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Germanic*midjaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*midi
  7. Old Englishmidd
  8. Middle Englishmid
  9. Englishmid
  10. Englishmid-
  11. Ancient GreekᾸ̓φροδῑ́τη (Ăphrodī́tē)
  12. Etruscan𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀 (urpa)der.?
  13. LatinAprīlis
  14. Old Frenchavril
  15. Middle EnglishAveril
  16. Middle EnglishAprill
  17. EnglishApril
  18. English todaymid-April

From mid- + April.

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