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September, October, November, and December are named after the Latin numerals 7-10 (septem, octo, novem, decem) because they were originally the seventh through tenth months in the Roman calendar, which began around the spring equinox in March.
Right. A lot of people think new months were inserted, pushing the numbered months back - but actually start of the year was originally March. And that's why February has just the left-over days + a leap year; it's just whatever is left over at the end of the year.