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It likely comes from the the Latin word aperire, to open. It was named this because this was the month when the flowers start to open.

Another suggestion is that it comes from the Greek goddess Aphrodite (Latin Aphros), the equivalent of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty.

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