Hues of life: October

Thursday, October 1, 2009

October

October comes from “octo,” the Latin for eight. The Roman rulers tried to change the name when it became the tenth month, but the common people continued to call it October. In Old English, October was “Win-monath” or “wine month”, when wine was made. The other name was “Winterfyueth”, as people... Sign in to see full entry.

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