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December

[dɛˈkɛm.bɛr] · adj

Meaning

  1. of December
  2. December
  3. alternative letter-case form of December: of December
  4. alternative letter-case form of December: December

Etymology / origin

By haplology from earlier *decumo-mēmbris, analogically to septem : September, from earlier *decumo-mēnsris "of the tenth month", from the ordinal stem decem (“ten”) + *mēnsris, from mens- (“month”) + -ris. In the Roman calendar, the year began with Mārtius (“March”), and December was the tenth month of the year.

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