The History of English

History And Mystery Of The English Words Борисова Л.М.The English got their calendar from the Romans.The English people adopted the Gregorian Calendar in 1752.So, the Indo-European base me- came into Old English, and became mona.Still later the English people dropped the a and called it month.The Modem English names for the months of the year all come from the Latin.But before the English people adopted the Latin names they had their native names.Now, the Old English had its own name for January.Before the English adopted the Latin name, they called this month Sprate-Kale-Month.The Old English name for March was Hlyd-Monath, which means the month of noisy winds.