From Middle English, from late Old English, from Old French septembre, Latin september ("seventh month"), from septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ ("seven"); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; September was the seventh month in the Roman calendar.
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