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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate DictionaryDe·cem·ber \di-ˈsem-bər, dē-\ noun ETYMOLOGY  Middle English Decembre, from Old English or Anglo-French, both from Latin December (tenth month), from decem ten — more at ten DATE  before 12th century: the 12th month of the Gregorian calendarEnglish EtymologyDecember  c.1000, from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. decembre, from L. December, from decem"ten" (see ten); tenth month of the old Roman calendar, which began with March. The -ber in four L. month names is probably from -bris, an adjectival suffix. Tucker thinks that the first five months were named for their positions in the agricultural cycle, and "after the gathering in of the crops, the months were merely numbered."   If the word contains an element related to mensis, we must assume a *decemo-membris (from *-mensris). October must then be by analogy from a false division Sep-tem-ber &c.Perhaps, however, from *de-cem(o)-mr-is, i.e. "forming the tenth part or division," from *mer- ..., while October = *octuo-mr-is. [T.G. Tucker, "Etymological Dictionary of Latin"]  Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ DecemberDe·cem·ber / di5sembE(r) / noun[U, C]   (abbr. Dec.) the 12th and last month of the year   十二月 HELP  To see how December is used, look at the examples atApril.   December 的用法见词条 April 下的示例。Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of EnglishDecember noun 　• Note at MONTHWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedde·cem·ber\də̇ˈsembə(r), (ˈ)dē|s-\ noun(-s)Usage: usually capitalizedEtymology: Middle English decembre, from Old French, from Latin december (tenth month), from decem ten — more at ten: the 12th month of the Gregorian calendar — abbr. Dec.; see month table

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