Have you ever wondered behind the names of January, February . is that a mysterious story?
We still call the months in Vietnamese in a very simple way: January, February, March . according to the solar calendar and January, December according to the lunar calendar. However, in English, every month has its own meaning.
The British used the calendar but the naming of the month was directly influenced by the Romans . This is easy to understand by the island of Britania (derived from the way the Romans called indigenous English: Britons) ruled by Rome for a long time and the calendar also came from the Romans.
The following article will help you better understand the origin of the months used in English, as well as some interesting things, or deviations in the original use with modern usage.
January originated from Janus, the name of the goddess handed over in Roman mythology.
February has the origin of Ferbrutus - also known as Pluto, the name of the hell god according to Roman mythology.
March originated from Mars, who laid the foundation for the Romans.
April originated from Venus, also known as Aphodis.
May comes from the name Maia and June comes from Junior.
These two months are named after two closely related people: Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar.
These 4 months all have in common that they all take the order number with the -imber tail (rain) to indicate the month.
