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).

Sip of the Day - December 2, 2009

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Titera's Tidbit: Absquatulate
People on the early American frontier loved to read, at least those of them who could, and loved to pick on the highfalutin among them, too. Thus this made-up word from the early nineteenth century looks sort of Latin and sort of important and means, appropriately, "I shall take me off and squat somewhere else", as a putter-on-of-airs might say it.

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