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: Beyond the Pale
Cognate with our word "pole", pale derives from the Latin word palius, meaning a boundary stake. Following the medieval conquest of Ireland, English settlers lived in an area near Dublin called "the English pale". Those beyond that district, the Irish, who were presumed to be strange and dangerous, were said to live "beyond the pale".

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