Etymology

season

sea·son
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Today it means: Each of the divisions of a year based on the prevailing weather: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; or the rainy (monsoon) and dry season, depending on the climate. Full definition →

Middle English sesoun, seson ← Old French seson, saison ← Latin satiō
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season · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*seh₁-“to sow, plant”
  2. Latin · derived fromsatiō“act of sowing, planting”
  3. Old French · derived fromseson, saison“time of sowing, seeding”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsesoun, seson“time of the year”
  5. English todayseason

From Middle English sesoun, seson (“time of the year”), from Old French seson, saison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiō (“act of sowing, planting”) from satum, past participle of serō (“to sow, plant”) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, plant”). Akin to Old English sāwan (“to sow”), sǣd (“seed”). Doublet of saison. Displaced native Middle English sele (“season”) (from Old English sǣl (“season, time, occasion”)), Middle English tide (“season, time of year”) (from Old English tīd (“time, period, yeartide, season”)).

season · verb2

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

Borrowed from French assaisonner.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*seh₁- all →

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