november

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥

Proto-Italic *nown̥

Latin novem

Latin November

Latin november

Old French novembrebor.

Middle English Novembre

English November

From Middle English Novembre, from Old French novembre, from Latin November (“ninth month”), from Latin novem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix. November was the ninth month in the Roman calendar.

Displaced native Old English blōtmōnaþ (literally “sacrifice month”), so called because the Anglo-Saxons, when they were pagans, would sacrifice in this month before the winter set in.