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Saturday, February 1, 2020

February ❄️in European Languages

“February”
European languages
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The English word “February” comes from Latin februarius
which means “of purification”.
The corresponding names for the second month of the year in other European languages are also mostly derived from februarius 
Shown in Red in the following Map:
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