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English word January comes from Proto-Indo-European *ey, Proto-Indo-European *ei-, Telugu godfather, and later Latin ianus (Arcade; covered passageway.)
*ey (Proto-Indo-European)
*ei- (Proto-Indo-European)
to go, to go
godfather (Telugu)
ianus (Latin)
Arcade; covered passageway.
Ianus (Latin)
The god Janus.
ianuarius (Latin)
Of January.
genever (Anglo-Norman)
Ieneuer (Middle English)
January (English)
(rare) A female given name... The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. Abbreviation: Jan or Jan.