Etymology

summerish

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Today it means: summer-like Full definition →

English summer ← Middle English somer ← Old English sumor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*s(e)m-eh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-h₂-ór-o-
  4. Proto-Germanic*sumaraz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*sumar
  6. Old Englishsumor
  7. Middle Englishsomer
  8. Englishsummer
  9. English todaysummerish

From summer + -ish.

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