August, m., formed, after being based anew on Lat. and Rom. augustus, from the equiv. MidHG. ougest, ougeste, OHG. augusto, agusto, m., ‘August’ (the genuine OGerm. term is Erntemonat, OHG. aran-mânôt). Comp. Fr. août, Ital. agosto. It was borrowed in OHG. at the same time as März and Mai.