{"id":11395,"date":"2022-08-21T10:25:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T00:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2dpoint.net\/?p=11395"},"modified":"2022-08-21T10:25:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T00:25:34","slug":"why-do-the-last-four-months-end-with-ber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2dpoint.net\/why-do-the-last-four-months-end-with-ber\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do the last four months end with \u2018ber\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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  1. For a long time, different regions ruled by different empires used different calendars.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Then around the 3rd century BC, the Roman Empire began to expand.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Being one of the largest kingdoms in the world, it ruled a significant population.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. And this population followed the Roman calendar, which had March as the first month.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. So, September was month Seven (from septem, Latin for seven), and October was month eight (octo, Latin for eight).<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Similarly, November was month nine (novem, Latin for nine), and December month ten (decem, Latin for ten).<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. There are several theories on how these months got \u2018ber\u2019 as a suffix.<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. The first one is that \u2018ber\u2019 doesn\u2019t have any meaning, and it is just an adjectival suffix like -able (readable), -ful (joyful), or -ous (dangerous).<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. One theory suggests that the \u201cber\u201d months signalled the beginning of cooler weather and made people go \u2018brrr\u2019 (shiver).<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Another suggests that \u2018ber\u2019 comes from \u2018per\u2019 – 7th month per 12 months is Septem\u2018per\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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