Etymology

off-season

Today it means: The part of the year when business is most slack and there are fewest clients or visitors. Full definition →

English season ← French assaisonner ← Old French saison
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The story

  1. Englishoff-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  3. Proto-Italic*ad
  4. Proto-Italic*ad-
  5. Latinad-
  6. Old Frencha-
  7. Frencha-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-redup.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sísh₁eti
  10. Proto-Italic*sizō
  11. Latinserō
  12. Latinsatiō
  13. Old Frenchsaison
  14. Frenchsaison
  15. Frenchassaisonner
  16. Englishseason
  17. English todayoff-season

From off- + season.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.