Comments on: Two English apr-words, part 1: ‘April’ http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/word-origin-april-etymology/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Roland Schuhmann http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/word-origin-april-etymology/#comment-290144 Roland Schuhmann Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:08:23 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=26400#comment-290144 Dear Mr. Liberman, in my opinion the most convincing etymology of April (lat. aprîlis) has been presented by Sergio Neri, cadere e abbattere in Indoeuropeo. Sull' etimologia di tedesco fallen, latino aboleo e greco apóllymi, p. 66-67 (fn. 177). Dear Mr. Liberman,

in my opinion the most convincing etymology of April (lat. aprîlis) has been presented by Sergio Neri, cadere e abbattere in Indoeuropeo. Sull’ etimologia di tedesco fallen, latino aboleo e greco apóllymi, p. 66-67 (fn. 177).

]]> By: OUPblog » Blog Archive » Two English apr-words, part 2: ‘Apricot’ http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/word-origin-april-etymology/#comment-285579 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Two English apr-words, part 2: ‘Apricot’ Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:32:00 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=26400#comment-285579 [...] “ripened in a sunny place.” (Apricus, along with Middle High German æbre, was mentioned in the post on April.) It all happened four hundred years ago. The learned lexicographer (and he was undoubtedly a [...] [...] “ripened in a sunny place.” (Apricus, along with Middle High German æbre, was mentioned in the post on April.) It all happened four hundred years ago. The learned lexicographer (and he was undoubtedly a [...]

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