Word Origin Summary

February 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. *dʰegʷʰrisProto-Indo-Europeanderived from
2. θεῖονAncient Greekderived from
3. FebruarieMiddle Englishinherited from
4. *dʰewh₂-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
5. feoverelMiddle Englishderived from
6. FebruāriusLatinderived from
7. feverierFrenchderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• Febuluwale

  Tumbuka · borrowed from

• Fibuali

  Choctaw · borrowed from

• Fēpueli

  Tonga · borrowed from

• Fepuali

  Tokelau · borrowed from

• Febuluwale

  Chewa · borrowed from

• phebuari

  Atong (India) · borrowed from

• ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ

  Burmese · borrowed from

• Pāpode

  Marshallese · borrowed from

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• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root