Etymograph

English

Mehr

Mehr comes from Persian مهر.

  1. Persianc. 900–presentمهرmehr
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2007Mehr

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Persianc. 900–presentمهرmehr
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2007Mehr

Earliest quotation: 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road: “Under the full moon of the month of Mehr,…”

Today it means

name The seventh solar month of the Persian calendar.

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

Etymograph / Persian مهر / Mehr