- Eastermónað
- m (-mónðes/mónðas) April, Easter-month
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
April — c.1300, aueril, from O.Fr. avril (11c.), from L. (mensis) Aprilis (month) of Venus, second month of the ancient Roman calendar, dedicated to the goddess Venus and perhaps based on Apru, an Etruscan borrowing of Gk. APHRODITE (Cf. Aphrodite). In… … Etymology dictionary