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START / NODE 191Present-Day Englishbefore the 12th century–today
December
The twelfth month in the modern calendar; its inherited Latin name literally identifies it as the tenth month.
“December is the twelfth month with a name meaning tenth because it preserves a Roman calendar that began the year in March.”OPEN COMPLETE WORD DOSSIER ↗
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Present-Day EnglishDecember
the twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar
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Middle English · Middle EnglishDecembrethe last month of the year
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- Middle English Decembre is respelled December under renewed Latin influence and standardized capitalization.
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- The month identity remains while its calendar position is twelfth.
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- Modern spelling follows the medieval transmission.
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