gif via Giphy 相信很多人都聽過英文月份的由來,比方說 OCT ober 裡的 OCT means eight 其實有八的意思,英文的10月,當然也沒有10的意思, OCT所代表的是數字8 。背過英文字根字首的人都曉得,如 octopus 是八爪魚 , octagon 是八角形 。 八月的英文之所以是August,其實是為了紀念羅馬奧古斯都大帝Augustus 。九月的 SEPT ember ,sept其實也沒有9的意思, sept 在法文中是7的意思 ,至於 NOV ember , 其實真正的意思是9 , 因為 nov 在法文中對應的字是neuf,也就是法文9的意思 。以此類推, DEC ember 也不是12囉 , 因為它代表的意思是10 。 這到底是怎麼回事啊? 原來古早時,一年只有十個月,而非十二個月, 古早時候每一年其實是從三月開始算起,一二月是後來才加上去的,原因為何已經不可考。 下面的這篇文章有很多關於月份的英文介紹。 Though February is the shortest month of the year, it often feels like the longest in cold, snowy climates. Why does the month have only 28 days? First here’s a little history of our calendar. The original Roman calendar only had ten months, because the winter was not demarcated 被區隔 . In the 700s BC, the second king of Rome Numa Pompilius added January and February to the end of the calendar in order to conform to 為求一致 how long it actually takes the Earth to go around the Sun. The two new months were both originally 28 days lon