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What is the meaning of the word "December", adopted from Latin by most of European languages?

twelve month
tenth month
last month of a year
cold month
Originally, the Roman calendar was comprised only of 10 months, and December was the 10th and the last of them. Eventually a calendar reform introduced January and February, but preserved the ordinal naming convention of the older months.
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twelve month
tenth month
last month of a year
cold month
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flagAustralia
5%
88%
5%
0%
18
flagEstonia
0%
81%
9%
0%
11
flagCanada
18%
72%
4%
0%
22
flagAustria
9%
69%
12%
9%
33
flagthe United States
19%
68%
8%
2%
67
flagGreece
10%
68%
21%
0%
19
flagGermany
10%
60%
13%
14%
195
flagSwitzerland
30%
60%
4%
4%
23
flagSpain
20%
60%
10%
10%
10
flagthe Netherlands
11%
50%
27%
11%
18
flagthe United Kingdom
19%
45%
19%
12%
71
flagRepublic of Ireland
14%
42%
35%
7%
14
flagPoland
23%
39%
20%
15%
4904
flagFrance
22%
33%
11%
33%
18
flagIndia
27%
11%
38%
22%
18

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