The Evolution of the Calendar: Happy New Year - Episode 46

Among the world’s greatest inventions, is that of the calendar, and what better time to gain an understanding of that piece of human ingenuity – than at the beginning of a new year.  So, today we begin with an introduction to the word “calendar.” 

In ancient Rome – the first day of each Roman month was known as

Ka-len-die – meaning the day when debts are due for payment.  And a person’s debts were maintained in an “account book” known as a “Calen-darium – and it is from our borrowing of the Latin word, Calen-daria that we have the English word “calendar.”

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