köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abril, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”).
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓φροδῑ́τη (Ăphrodī́tē)der. Etruscan 𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀 (urpa)der.? Latin Aprīlisder. Old French avrillbor. Middle English Averil Middle English Aprill English Aprilbor. Hindi अप्रैल Borrowed from English April.
köken: huhti- (“cleared field in slash-and-burn cultivation”) + kuu (“month”) (with an old combining form, see -i), named so because it was around the time of year when the trees and plants to be burned to make a swidden were left to dry.
köken: Inherited from Old Czech duben, from Proto-Slavic *dǫbьnъ. By surface analysis, dub + -en. This term derives from the Czech word for "oak," which is dub. The reason for this connection is that April is the time of year when oak trees typically shed their old leaves and begin to grow new ones. This prominent sign of renewal and the reawakening of nature is why the Czechs associated the month with…
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic априль (aprilĭ), from Byzantine Greek Ἀπρίλιος (Aprílios), from Latin (mensis) Aprīlis. Introduced through the Orthodox Church and mostly supplanted the older popular inherited form prier.