Apryle
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English apprile, Aprill, re-Latinised from Middle English aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [əˈprəil]
Proper noun
Apryle
See also
Gregorian calendar monthsedit
Further reading
- “Apryle”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.