November - c.1200, from O.Fr. novembre, from L. November (also Novembris (mensis)), from novem "nine." The ninth month of the Roman calendar, which began in March. In O.E., it was Blotmonað "month of sacrifice," lit. "blood-month," the time when the early Saxons prepared for winter by sacrificing many animals, which they then butchered and stored for food.