The Latin month name reaches Middle English through Old English or Anglo-French transmission; the exact route is not resolved by the reviewed source.
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Decembre
the last month of the year
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity · tenth monthDecember
the tenth month
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The named tenth month is retained as the last/twelfth month after calendar reordering.
Middle English period.
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probable — Merriam-Webster explicitly gives Old English or Anglo-French as alternatives rather than selecting one.
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December — Word HistoryEtymology
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Explicitly gives Old English or Anglo-French as alternative routes from Latin.
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