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sept

  [sept]
–noun
1. (in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
2. Anthropology. a group believing itself derived from a common ancestor.
3. Archaic. a clan.
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Origin:
1510–20; perh. < L sēptum paddock, enclosure, fold (in figurative use, e.g., Sept of Christ)

sept

  [set]
–noun French.
the number seven.

Sept.

 
1. September.
2. Septuagint.

Sep⋅tem⋅ber

  [sep-tem-ber]
–noun
the ninth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Sept., Sep.
Origin:
bef. 1050; ME Septembre, OE < L September seventh month in the early Roman calendar; for formation see December

Related forms:
Sep⋅tem⋅bral  [sep-tem-bruhl] , adjective
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sept   (sěpt)   
n.  A division of a family, especially a division of a clan.

[Probably alteration of sect.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

September 
late O.E., from L. September, from septem "seven" (see seven). So called because it was the seventh month of the old Roman calendar, which began the year in March; Julian calendar reform (46 B.C.E.) shifted the new year back two months. For -ber suffix, see December. Replaced O.E. hærfestmonað, haligmonað. Septembrist (1840) in Fr. history refers to the massacre of the political prisoners in Paris, Sept. 2-5, 1792.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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