In reverse order they are decillion, nonillion, octillion,septillion. It is similar to December, November, October and September. However, decillion is 10, Nonillion is 9, Octillion is 8, Septillion is 7. And...September is the 9th month, October, the 10th month, November the 11th month and December the 12th month. Anyone have the reasoning behind this and it's relation? Website with info will be appreciated.
2007-08-22 12:06:27 · 7 answers · asked by Deanna 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
The names we use for months come from the Romans from around the days of Julius Caesar (and a bit after).
The official state year (what we'd call 'civilian' or civil calendar) began in mars, because Mars was the god of war. War was important for the Romans and armies would leave in that month. This is why February (being the last month) only has 28 days (29 on leap years).
September was the seventh month, October 8th, etc.
In the Roman religious calendar, Janus (the two-faced god responsible for doors and passages) was chosen for the passage into the new year, hence the first (religious) month being called January.
February was the month of fevers.
When the Roman Catholic Church imposed the religious calendar, they also began the year in January, but they never bothered to 'correct' the numbering, leaving September as the 9th month.
2007-08-22 12:21:33 · answer #1 · answered by Raymond 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the prefixes. Sept means seven, oct means eight, non is nine and dec is 10. July and August were added by the Greeks to make December the twelfth month instead of the tenth. September used to be the seventh month Septillion of course, means 7000 million.
2007-08-22 12:16:31 · answer #2 · answered by kevpet2005 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Romans added July in Honor of Julius and august in Honor of Augustus ( two pompous emperors who thought the best time of The year should be named after them) this caused the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months to be moved back to become the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th months instead. So September or 7th month is now the 9th month even though septa is 7 (In Latin, septem means "seven" and septimus means "seventh"; September was in fact the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 153 BC.) and octa from October is named the 8th month but it is the 10th in sequence and nov is 9 so November was month 9 but it now is number 11 and dec is 10 so December retains its old name (tenth month) but has moved to be the 12 month in our calendar.
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2007-08-22 12:48:26 · answer #3 · answered by 037 G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months a long time ago, but the time of the new year was moved. New Years used to be celebrated at the end of winter when things came back to life rather than in the middle of winter as we do now.
2007-08-22 12:22:26 · answer #4 · answered by Paladin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you answered your own question within the question... I think it is just that they used the prefix of the numbers as the prefix of the months. As you said, September is the 9th month, October, the 10th month, November the 11th month and December the 12th month, so they made it like that. I dont know why its only those months that line up like that but w/e...
2007-08-22 12:16:51 · answer #5 · answered by _i_want_MORE!!!_ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the names of the months are based on the Gregorian Calender. Sept. is the seventh month, Oct. is the eight, and so on.
2007-08-22 12:16:40 · answer #6 · answered by Jen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thanks to each and everyone of you for the replies.
2016-08-24 13:11:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋