Perplexing Question

[agent A]

Okay so I am very confused

Whilst studying for the NLE, I was thinking of the Latin counting, unus, dou, tres, quatour, quinque, sex, septem, octo, novem, decem and so on

Well the 9th month of the year is September, but shouldn't it be the 7th? Shouldn't October be the 8th, November be the 9th and December be the 10th?? What is going on here??? Can someone help explain this to me???

Thanx

 

[piroxi]

according to internet

In the Roman calendar of September was originally the seventh month. In the year 153 BC, the beginning of the year, however, was brought forward by two months.

Since then, the true name no longer matches the number of the month. The same fate has incidentally also:

the October (eight Latin octo)

How many arms, the octopus? 8

the November (nine Latin novem) and

The December (ten Latin decem)

 

[brancsikia339]

according to internet

In the Roman calendar of September was originally the seventh month. In the year 153 BC, the beginning of the year, however, was brought forward by two months.

Since then, the true name no longer matches the number of the month. The same fate has incidentally also:

the October (eight Latin octo)

How many arms, the octopus? 8

the November (nine Latin novem) and

The December (ten Latin decem)

1+ Because since the extra months have been added they're no longer in that place.

example: Novem (November) number nine and month 11.

The reason is because of 2 extra months earlier in the year. For no reason, say those to months were February and March. Take those 2 out of the picture, and we have a normal month schedule. But we have had this system for hundreds of years and it would be senseless to go back to that way.

 

[agent A]

and here's the irony

the Roman Catholic Church's readings and stuff are translated from LATIN

and we use the christian calendar, but we don't have THE MONTHS in the right place