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🔍The curious case of December: Why the 12th month is the roman words for 10

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The Indian Express The curious case of December: Why the 12th month is the roman word for 10 It is not just December, rather all months named after numericals — September (from septem meaning seven), October (octo meaning eight), November (from novem meaning nine) — that are nomenclaturally anachronistic. Why is that?
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