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: Lemon
A native of the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains, the "lemon" took its time reaching Europe through overland trade routes. Northern Europeans called it by its Latin name, some variant of citron, whereas southern Europeans, directly in contact with Arab traders, borrowed the Arabic limum, the Arab verstion of the Chinese name for the fruit, limung.

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