Word Origin Summary

November is attested in English. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *h₁néwn̥Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
2. -berLatinderived from
3. novemberLatinderived from
4. NovembreMiddle Englishinherited from
5. novembreOld Frenchderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• نومبر

  FAS · borrowed from

• nobembyl

  Atong (India) · borrowed from

• နိုဝင်ဘာ

  Burmese · borrowed from

• ނޮވެމްބަރު

  Dhivehi · borrowed from

• ၼူဝ်ႇဝႅမ်ႇပႃႇ

  Shan · borrowed from

• நவம்பர்

  Tamil · borrowed from

• Nopem̧ba

  Marshallese · borrowed from

• Novemba

  Swahili · borrowed from

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