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%
80%
10%
0%
10
flagCanada
18%
72%
4%
0%
22
flagAustria
9%
71%
12%
6%
32
flagGreece
10%
68%
21%
0%
19
flagthe United States
22%
64%
10%
3%
59
flagSwitzerland
28%
61%
4%
4%
21
flagGermany
10%
58%
13%
17%
168
flagthe Netherlands
11%
50%
27%
11%
18
flagRepublic of Ireland
7%
46%
38%
7%
13
flagthe United Kingdom
19%
45%
19%
12%
71
flagPoland
23%
39%
20%
15%
4801
flagFrance
22%
33%
11%
33%
18
flagIndia
27%
11%
38%
22%
18