April

This name derives from the Latin “ăpĕrĭo > Ăprīlis,” meaning “April, to open, figuratively “youthful,” which in turn derives from Etruscan “apru.” The traditional etymology is from the verb ăpĕrĭo, “to open, inaugurate, initiate,” in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to “open,” which is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of anoixis (ἁνοιξις), meaning “opening” about the opening of the spring season. Since some of the Roman months were named in honor of divinities, and as April was sacred to the goddess Venus, her Veneralia being held on the first day, it has been suggested that Aprilis was originally her month Aphrilis, from her equivalent Greek goddess name Aphrodite (Aphros). April is the fourth month of the year according to the Gregorian calendar.