Hello #Vivers! We are already at the end of February. This month, the shortest of the year, is characterized by being the month in which almond trees bloom. It is also the month in which lovers celebrate their day, but do you know the origin of the word "February"? We have already told the students who come to our academy to learn Spanish. If you continue reading the new entry on the Spanish blog, you will know it too.
February is the second month of the year and the last in the Roman calendar.
The Sabines, who were one of the Indo-European peoples who lived on the Italian Peninsula (between the Tiber and the Apennines), every year celebrated a purification festival called fever, every February 15. After the founding of Rome, this city used the name of the festivals February to name the month in which they were celebrated: the last of the year.
It is believed that the founder of Rome, Romulus, was the one who unified the many calendars that existed on the Italian Peninsula in the 304th century BC. C. and created a new one, with ten months and 300 days. But this calendar that Romulus made was not very good for such an important territory. In the year XNUMX BC. C. counselor Flavio created another calendar with two more months that were added after December: januarius, dedicated to the goddess Janus and februarius, whose name comes from the ancient purification festival of the Sabines.
The name of this month has been recorded in Spanish since 1129 and is in many modern European languages. For example: february, in English; february, in French; February, in Italian or February, in German.
Source: The origin of words. Illustrated etymological dictionary. Ricardo Soca
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