Etymograph

English

June

June comes from Latin Iuno ‘Juno’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIuno‘Juno’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūnius
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400juing
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Juyn
  5. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500June
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1913same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIuno‘Juno’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūnius
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400juing
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Juyn
  5. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500June
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1913same form

Earliest quotation: 1913, Joseph Crosby Lincoln, New York: “'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres,…”

The story

From Middle English June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Middle English Juyn, juyng, from Old French juing, juin, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (‘Juno’), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (‘vital force, youthful vigor’).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- ‘vital force, life, age, eternity’

early, young, era, diet, enigma, ere, 24 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu ‘vital force, youthful vigor’

yet, age, longevity, 7 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō ‘young’

junior, juvenile, juvenal, 2 more

Today it means

name The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin Iuno / June

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