moneth

English

Noun

moneth (plural moneths)

1. Obsolete spelling of month.
   • 1629, Archibald Symmer, “Decad. 2. Fl. 1. Of Time.”, in A Spirituall Posie for Zion. Or Two Decades of Observations, Theologicall and Philosophicall., London: […] [Miles Flesher] for W[illiam] Sheares, →OCLC, page [32]:

     The Sunne by his anniverſary revolution maketh the day and the yeare; the Moone by her monethly courſe the Moneths and Quarters; […]

   • 1690, Richard Pierce, Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick:

     IT is deſigned, that the Countery ſhall be furnished once a moneth ( or if any Glut of Occurrences happen, oftener, ) with an Account of ſuch conſiderable things as have arrived unto our Notice.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• moneþ, month, monthe, monthþe, monþ, monyth
• monæþ, moned, moneð (Early Middle English); monethe, moneþe, monythe (Late Middle English)
• monet (Northern); monath, monetht, mounth, muneth, munetht, mwnath (Early Scots); munethe (Catholicon Anglicum)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥sder.

Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs

Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ

Old English mōnaþ

Middle English moneth

From Old English mōnaþ. By surface analysis, mone +‎ -th.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːn(ə)θ/, /ˈmun(ə)θ/

Noun

moneth (plural monethes)

1. month

Descendants

• English: month
• Middle Scots: moneth
  • Scots: month
  • Shetland: mont, munt
• Yola: moone

References

• “mọ̄̆nth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.