Interesting facts about October

October in many other languages has a similar name. In German and Danish, it's Oktober. In French, Octobre. In Italian, Ottobre. In Spanish, Octubre. In Swahili, Oktoba. In Albanian though, October is known as Tetor.
The Anglo-Saxons (who were from Scandinavia) had a different name for October, calling it Wintirfyllith. This name refers to October having the first full moon of the winter season. In early Germanic, October was known as Weinmond, meaning wine month.