September

Meanings

1. 1
   name

   The ninth month of the year, coming after August and before October.

   The new school term usually begins in September.

Simplified etymology

September comes from Latin septem, “seven,” because it was originally the seventh month of the Roman year. It is recorded in English from the Old English period.

PIE word *septḿ̥ Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Italic *septəm Latin septem Latin September Old French septembreder. Old English Middle English English September From Middle English, from late Old English, from Old French septembre, Latin September (“seventh month”), from septem (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; September was the seventh month in the Roman calendar.

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