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).

Sip of the Day - May 15, 2009

Sip of the Day: PT Review: Windows 7 Release Candidate—Part I

Titera's Tidbit: Chagrin
Now carrying a sense of anxious embarrassment, "chagrin" derives from an old Germanic word grimmr, "fierce", which also gives rise to the word grim. The word entered into Old French, where it took on the intensifying suffix cha-. It entered English in its present form in the medieval period.

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