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: Corral
The first people to have extensive knowledge of herding cattle were the Bantu-speaking tribes of sub-Saharan Africa. Their widely distributed word for the wooden enclosure in which cattle are ketp is krall. Ensalved Bantu speakers brought the word into Spanish as they taught their skills to other vaqueros, and the word entered English with it Spanish spelling, "corral".

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