英文月份名称来源于古罗马历法，有的是按数字顺序排列的，有的是以神或皇帝的名字命名的。 例如，“十月”的拉丁词根“octo”实际上意味着“八”，章鱼章鱼也是如此。 那么，为什么月份和实际数字之间不匹配呢？听韦氏词典的编辑详细解释一下
1 月 1 月
january is named after the roman god janus, who presided over doors and beginnings – appropriately enough, for the beginning of the year (though this is, as you will discover, not as straightforward as it seems). indeed, janus was usually depicted with two faces looking backwards and forwards, as is often characteristic of a new year; this also g**e rise to the term janus word for words that h**e two opposite meanings.
珍妮里以罗马神话中的双面神雅努斯命名。 他负责守卫传送门以及一切的开始和结束——他很适合开始新的一年（尽管你会看到，这并不那么直观）。 事实上，杰纳斯通常呈现出两面性，一面回顾过去，一面展望未来，这通常被视为新年的特征;这也使得派生短语“janus word”（双面词）表示具有两种相反含义的词。
二月
february is ultimately based on latin februarius, from februa. in case that’s not helped things become clearer, februa was the name of a purification feast held on the 15th of this month. february is a divisive issue in modern pronunciation, with both feb-yoo-ary and feb-roo-ary being commonly heard.
二月源自“februarius”一词，是拉丁语“februa”的衍生词。 这句话可能不清楚，但这里还有另一个补充：“februa”是本月十五日举行的清洁节的名称。 在现代英语中，人们对“february”的发音存在分歧，最常听到的有两种，一种是“feb-yoo-ary”，另一种是“feb-roo-ary”。