how were the months and days named?

Answer 1

It was derived from Roman history. The Romans borrowed parts of their earliest known calendar from the Greeks. The calendar consisted of 10 months in a year of 304 days. The Romans seem to have ignored the remaining 61 days, which fell in the middle of winter. The 10 months were named Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December. The last six names were taken from the words for five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten. Romulus, the legendary first ruler of Rome, is supposed to have introduced this calendar in the 700's B.C.E.

According to tradition, the Roman ruler Numa Pompilius added January and February to the calendar. This made the Roman year 355 days long. To make the calendar correspond approximately to the solar year, Numa also ordered the addition every other year of a month called Mercedinus. Mercedinus was inserted after February 23 or 24, and the last days of February were moved to the end of Mercedinus. In years when it was inserted, Mercedinus added 22 or 23 days to the year.
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Answer 2

January is named for Janus (god of the doorway).
February comes from the Latin term februum, which means purification.
March is named for Mars, the Roman god of war.
April's etymology is uncertain. The most commonly accepted is that it's from the Latin word aperire for "to open."
May is believed to be named for the Greek goddess Maia, goddess of fertility.
June is named for the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter.
July is named fro Julius Caesar.
August is named for Augustus.
September is named for the Latin number septi, which is seven (September was the seventh month on the Roman calendar).
October is named for the Latin number octo, which is eight (eighth month on Roman calendar).
November is named for the Latin number novem, which is nine (ninth month of Roman calendar).
December is named for the Latin number decem, which is ten (tenth month on Roman calendar).

The sun was assigned to Sunday in pre-Christian Egyptian cultures, hence the name, it was the sun's day.
The moon was assigned to Monday.
Tuesday's name comes from the Middle English twisday and is named for the Nordic god Tyr.
Wednesday comes from the Middle English Wodnes dei and is named for the German god Woden.
Thursday comes from the Old English Þunresdæg, which means "day of Thunor."
Friday comes from the Old English frigedæg, meaning "day of the Frige" for the Germanic goddess of beauty.
Saturday is named for the god, Saturn, it is Saturn's day.

Answer 3

Well I know August was after Pope Augustus, the rest, no idea, it was done by a pope though. the last one who changed the calander, was it Julian, or gregory, I used to know, but now i get them mixed up
Think it was gregory

Answer 4

After old, old dynastys and great ppl. Like Julius Caesar is the one who named July.

Answer 5

* 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”

Originally there were ten months, which is why the last four are named after 7, 8, 9 and 10 when they aren't really the 7th to 10th months. What happened was that Caesar Augustus added a month (August) and then Julius Caesar wanted a month too and we got July.

Sunday
The name comes from the Latin dies solis, meaning "sun's day": the name of a pagan Roman holiday. It is also called Dominica (Latin), the Day of God. The Romance languages, languages derived from the ancient Latin language (such as French, Spanish, and Italian), retain the root.

French: dimanche; Italian: domenica; Spanish: domingo
German: Sonntag; Dutch: zondag. [both: 'sun-day']

Monday
The name comes from the Anglo-Saxon monandaeg, "the moon's day". This second day was sacred to the goddess of the moon.

French: lundi; Italian: lunedi. Spanish: lunes. [from Luna, "Moon"]
German: Montag; Dutch: maandag. [both: 'moon-day']

Tuesday
This day was named after the Norse god Tyr. The Romans named this day after their war-god Mars: dies Martis.

French: mardi; Italian: martedi; Spanish: martes.
The Germans call Dienstag (meaning "Assembly Day"), in The Netherlands it is known as dinsdag, in Danmark as tirsdag and in Sweden tisdag.

Wednesday
The day named to honor Wodan (Odin).
The Romans called it dies Mercurii, after their god Mercury.

French: mercredi; Italian: mercoledi; Spanish: miércoles.
German: Mittwoch; Dutch: woensdag.

Thursday
The day named after the Norse god Thor. In the Norse languages this day is called Torsdag.
The Romans named this day dies Jovis ("Jove's Day"), after Jove or Jupiter, their most important god.

French: jeudi; Italian: giovedi; Spanish: jueves.
German: Donnerstag; Dutch: donderdag.

Friday
The day in honor of the Norse goddess Frigg.
In Old High German this day was called frigedag.
To the Romans this day was sacred to the goddess Venus, and was known as dies veneris.

French: vendredi; Italian: venerdi; Spanish: viernes.
German: Freitag ; Dutch: vrijdag.

Saturday
This day was called dies Saturni, "Saturn's Day", by the ancient Romans in honor of Saturn. In Anglo-Saxon: sater daeg.