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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This unattractive English term, now largely replaced by "swap meet", derives from the French original Marche aux Puces, a market in Paris where inexpensive goods were bought and sold - the implication being that such goods were covered with fleas (puces in French).

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