- Wéodmónaþ
- m (-mónþes/-mónþas) August
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
August — eighth month, 1097, from L. Augustus (mensis), sixth month of the later Roman calendar, renamed from Sextilis in 8 B.C.E. to honor emperor Augustus Caesar, lit. Venerable Caesar (see AUGUST (Cf. august) (adj.)). In England, the name replaced… … Etymology dictionary