Source etymology 1
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June. · A female given name, usually pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning. · A surname from Middle English. · Theresa May, former British prime minister.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂sder.? Latin Maia Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin Maiusder. Old French maibor. Middle English May English May From Middle English May, Mai, from Old French mai, from Latin Maius (“Maia's month”), from Maia, a Roman earth goddess.
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