The tenth month of the year in the modern calendar.
From Latin "October" meaning "eighth month," from "octo" (eight). In the old Roman calendar, the year started in March, so October was originally the eighth month.
The name still quietly tells you about an older calendar where March was month one. Our months are like a fossil: the words remember a system that the modern calendar no longer uses.
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