Translation
December
Word origin
From Latin december, the tenth month, from decem, ten. The old Roman year began in March, so the numbering ran out two months short, and December, November, October and September all still carry the wrong number.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- december
- English cognates
- December, decimal, decade
Examples
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In December the days are short and cold.
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My brother was born in December.
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The last month of the year is December.
The eleventh month page on this site, and the count is worth stating plainly: , , , , , , , , , and now all have pages. Only is missing, and it arrives at rank 2,287, a chapter or so ahead. The frequency list does not care about calendars, so the set has come in almost at random and is finally nearly complete.
Two habits to fix now. Month names are written in lower case in Esperanto, always: , never . And you say for the month as a period, with no article, which is one of the few places where a learner coming from Romance languages has to actively drop something rather than add it.
The Latin joke inside the word survives untouched. Decem is ten, and December is the twelfth month, because the Roman year once started in March and the last four months were counted from there. Esperanto took the names as it found them, wrong numbers and all, which is exactly what English did.
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