if oct means eight and sep means seven explain how October and September got their names?

Answer 1

They were originally the 7th and the 8th months but Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar decided to have months named after them, so September and October got pushed along two places (along with November (9) and December (10).

http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/roman/months.htm

Answer 2

You answered your own question--and all of it's derived from the Romans.

In Latin, octo means "eight". October was also the eighth month in the Roman calendar until a monthless winter period (summer in the southern hemisphere) was divided between January and February.

In Latin, septem means "seven"; September was also the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 153 BC.

Answer 3

The modern calendar is derived from the Julian calendar which had only 10 months. We kept the original names of all the months adding January and February in the 1st century B.C.E.
So you can see originally September was the 7th month and October was the 8th month.

Answer 4

In the ancient Roman calendar, which began in March, September was the seventh month, and October the eighth.

Answer 5

Octavius Augustus, decided that he wanted to name 2 months of the year after himelf in c950bce, because Julius Caesar had named a month after himself prior to this event. He wanted to out due it and therefore he decided to name August and October as the months for the times of the year he liked. He preffered October before August, that's why he gave his first name to October and Last name to August. So it has nothing to do with numbers.

September...go figure.

Answer 6

It is due to the Roman calendar ( lunar calendar). They only used 10 months. September was the seventh one and October was the eighth.

Answer 7

January: named after Janus, the god of doors and gates
February: named after Februalia, a time period when sacrifices were made to atone for sins
March: named after Mars, the god of war
April: from aperire, Latin for “to open” (buds)
May: named after Maia, the goddess of growth of plants
June: from junius, Latin for the goddess Juno
July: named after Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.
August: named after Augustus Caesar in 8 B.C.
September: from septem, Latin for “seven”
October: from octo, Latin for “eight”
November: from novem, Latin for “nine”
December: from decem, Latin for “ten”

The earliest Latin calendar was a 10-month one, beginning with March; thus, September was the seventh month, October, the eighth, etc. July was originally called Quintilis, meaning fifth; August was originally called Sextilis, meaning sixth

Answer 8

Because the original yearly calender did not include July or August they were added by both Julius and Augustus Ceaser while emperors of Rome in honour of themselves.

Answer 9

The Roman year started with spring equinox ( March) and cosed with winter solstice ( Dec.) Ja. and Feb. were added later.

Answer 10

at some point in time the new year began in march. dec means 10.