Etymology

seasoning

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Today it means: Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice. Full definition →

English season ← French assaisonner ← Old French saison
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seasoning · noun1

  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 todayseasoning

From season + -ing.

seasoning · verb2

  1. Middle English · derived fromsesounen“to season”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromseasonyng
  3. English todayseasoning

From Middle English seasonyng, present participle of Middle English sesounen (“to season”), equivalent to season + -ing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.