October

Meanings

1. 1
   name

   The tenth month of the year, coming after September and before November.

   The leaves turn golden in October.

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French octobre, from Latin Octōber (“eighth month”), from Latin octō (“eight”), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw (“twice four”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar.

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