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: D-Day
In the language of the military, the "D" in "D-day" means day, thus "day-day". Its use lies in the military system for timing a particular operation or campaign, so that D3H0530 might be a notation for something that happened on the third day of a battle at 5:30 in the morning.

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