December

• 12月

decem-、10、語源的には10と同じ。 もともとはローマ暦の10月を指したが、後に暦をより科学的にするために1月、2月が追加され、もとの10月が12月に延長された。

December

December: [13] December was originally so named by the ancient Romans (Latin December) because it was the tenth month of their calendar (which began with March). The term was derived from Latin decem ‘ten’. It reached English via Old French decembre.
=> decimal, ten

December (n.)

c. 1000, from Old French decembre, from Latin December, from decem "ten" (see ten); tenth month of the old Roman calendar, which began with March.

The -ber in four Latin month names is probably from -bris, an adjectival suffix. Tucker thinks that the first five months were named for their positions in the agricultural cycle, and "after the gathering in of the crops, the months were merely numbered."

If the word contains an element related to mensis, we must assume a *decemo-membris (from *-mensris). October must then be by analogy from a false division Sep-tem-ber &c. Perhaps, however, from *de-cem(o)-mr-is, i.e. "forming the tenth part or division," from *mer- ..., while October = *octuo-mr-is. [T.G. Tucker, "Etymological Dictionary of Latin"]

1. Their first car rolls off the production line on December 16.

彼らの最初の車は12月16日にラインオフした。

2.There will be a run-off between these two candidates on December 9 th.12月9日に両候補の決選選挙が行われる。

3.Last December they hunted down and killed one of the gangsters.

昨年12月、彼らは強盗の1人を追跡して射殺した。

4.The sides must battle again for a quarter-final place on December 16.

双方は12月16日に再び対決し、準々決勝進出を争う。

5.On December 8 the media blitz began in earnest.

12月8日、大規模なメディアキャンペーンが盛大に展開された。