November
/noʊˈvɛm.bɚ/noun
The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar.
Did you know?November comes from Latin *novem* (“nine”), because in the old Roman calendar it was originally the ninth month before January and February were inserted at the start.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁néwn̥
“nine”
Latin
Latin
novem
“nine”
Latin
Latin
November
“the ninth month of the Roman calendar”
Old French
Old French
novembre
“November”
Middle English
English
novembre
“the month of November”
Modern English
English
November
“the eleventh month of the year”