English
august
August (stately) comes from French auguste or Latin augustus ‘majestic, venerable’, from augeō ‘to increase’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaugeō‘to augment, increase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaugustus‘majestic, venerable, august’
- Englishearliest quotation 1796august
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaugeō‘to augment, increase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaugustus‘majestic, venerable, august’
- Englishearliest quotation 1796august
Earliest quotation: 1796, Gilbert Bishop of Sarum [i.e., Article VII. Of the Old Testament.: “In the book of Pſalms there are many things…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- ‘to increase, to enlarge’
author, auction, nickname, auxiliary, augment, eke, auteur, 11 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwgos
Today it means
adj Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin augeō / august