Etymology

seasonable

S1E1A1S1O1N1A1B3L1E1

Today it means: Opportune; occurring at an appropriate or suitable time. Full definition →

English season ← French assaisonner ← Old French saison
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  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. Englishseason
  16. English todayseasonable

From season + -able.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.