köken: Internationalism. Borrowed from Russian февра́ль (fevrálʹ), from Old East Slavic феврарь (fevrarĭ), феуларь (feularĭ), from Old Church Slavonic февроуари (fevruari), from Byzantine Greek Φεβρουάριος (Phebrouários), from Latin Februārius.
köken: Borrowed from Persian همن, originating from a Persian folk story about brothers Ahman and Bahman. See Bashkir аҡман-тоҡман (aqman-toqman) and Persian بهمن. Also theoretized to be ақ (aq) + ықпа (yqpa), but it seems to be false.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese fevereiro, fevreyro, febreyro, from Late Latin Febrārius, from Latin Februārius, from fēbruum (“purification”), via the purification ritual Fēbrua held on February 15 in the old Roman calendar.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-der. Latin februum Latin Februa Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -arius Latin Februāriusder. Middle English Februarie English Februarybor. Portuguese fevereiroinflu.? Hindi फ़रवरी Borrowed from English February, possibly influenced by Portuguese fevereiro. Compare Classical Persian فَبْرَوِی (fabrawī), Konkani फेवरेर (phevrer).