The origin of the 12-month name in English (posted from I. POSEI's blog)

The Gregorian calendar has 12 months, but many people do not know the English name of 12 months. The Gregorian calendar originated from the ancient Roman calendar. Rome's English was originally only 10 months old. The emperor of ancient Rome decided to add two months to the end of the year. Later, Zhu Lisi * Caesar moved the two months to the beginning of the year and became January. january 1. in February, it became in March. april, and so on. This is the Gregorian calendar used in the world today.

January-January
In the legend of Rome, there is a patron saint of the armanus, who has two faces, one looking back and the other looking into the future. People think it makes sense to select his name as the name of the first month of the new year. January is evolved from January, the patron saint.

February-February
At the beginning of February every year, the people of Rome will kill and drink, celebrating the februham festival. On this day, people often use a whip named februa, made of cattle and grass, to beat malformed women in order to get pregnant and have children. On this day, people will confess their sins over the past year, cleanse their souls, and seek forgiveness from the gods to make themselves a pure person. February was evolved from Februar-ius (February festival.

March ----- March
March was originally the January of the old Roman calendar, the beginning of the new year. After Caesar reformed the calendar, the original calendar of January was changed to March, but the Romans still regarded March as the beginning of a year. In addition, according to the traditional habits, March is the season of annual battles. To commemorate Mars, the name of the god of war's Latin was used as the name of the Month of March. The March march was evolved from the name of the god of war.

April -- April
The year April in Rome is the beautiful season of spring in the earth. The English April was evolved from the latl (the days of blooming.

May -- May
The goddess Maya in the mythical Rome, who specializes in spring and life. In order to commemorate the goddess, the Romans named maius in Latin May, and may evolved from the Goddess's name in May.

June-September
In the myth of Rome, Pino is the king of the gods and the God of the family and the protection of women. She was very admired in ancient Rome, and she was given the June S, named after her name, Junius, Latin. June evolved from the Goddess's name in June. Some scholars also believe that Junius may be the surname of a prominent nobility in the Latin family.

July-July
After the death of the Roman ruler Zhu LITH, Caesar's great was stabbed, the famous Roman general mark * proposed by Tony to name the birth of Caesar on July, in the name of Caesar-the Latin Julius (that is, Zhu LITH. This suggestion was approved by the nursing home. July evolved in July.

August-September
After the death of julith * Caesar, his great owner, the great owner of Sun's house, continued to be the emperor of Rome. In order to name Caesar, he also wants to name a month by his own name. His birthday was in December September, But he selected December August. Because after he boarded the throne, the old man of Rome granted him the honor of Augustus (du) on August. So he decided to use this honor number to name August. It turned out that August was one day less than July. In order to get on par with Caesar, he decided to add a day from February to August. Since then, one day is missing in February. In August, August evolved from the Emperor's Latin.

September-September
The year July of the old calendar is the year September after the calendar reform of Caesar, and the Latin septem is" 7" The meaning of the month. Although the calendar has been reformed, people still use old names to refer to September. This evolved from the September English language.

October-October
English October, from Octo, 8" . As mentioned above in September 1, the calendar has changed and the title remains unchanged.

November-September
The Emperors of Rome, and Kaisa, have their own names for the month. The people of Rome and the old people's homes of the People's Republic of America demanded that the then-Roman Emperor tipeius name November with his name. However, tibilius did not agree. He wisely told everyone that if every emperor in Rome named the month by his own name, what should he do if there were 13th emperors? Therefore, in November, the old Novem, that is, the Latin" 9" . English November evolved in November.

December-December

The emperor of Rome, lusihousi, wants to name the last month of the year with the name of amagonius, his mistress, but it was opposed by the old people's home. Therefore, in December, the old name Decem was still used, that is, the meaning of the Latin "10. The English December in December evolved from this.