In Latin, septem means "seven" and septimus means "seventh"; September was in fact the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 153 BC, when the first month changed from Kalendas Martius (1 March) to Kalendas Januarius (1 January).

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Titera's Tidbit: Churl
In medieval England, a "churl" was a farmhand. In a familiar process whereby things rural and working class become somehow bad, the word -- also the origin of the proper name Carl -- came to mean someone with bad manners; layered onto that now is the suggestion of ingratitude for favors done, so that a "churl" is an ungrateful boor.

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