October is the tenth month of the year, when the leaves turn. In October, early October, the October deadline.
It is always capitalised and has thirty-one days. In Britain the clocks go back at the end of it, and Halloween falls on the thirty-first. The name means eighth month, from the old Roman calendar that began in March — which is why October, September, November and December are all two out of step and have been for about two thousand years. Note Oktoberfest, which is mostly held in September.
1nounoctoberThe tenth month of the year.
“The whole wood changes colour in about ten days of October.”
october is a month.
Latin
Octōber — eighth month
Old French
octobre
English
October
English, today
october
October comes from Middle English -, borrowed from Old French octobre, from Latin Octōber (“eighth month”), from Latin octō (“eight”), from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw (“twice four”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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