yuletide · noun1
From Yule (“Germanic Winter Festival”) + -tide (“period around a festival, season”); compare Swedish juletid.
Yuletide · noun2
- Old English · inherited from*ġēoltīd
- English todayYuletide
Though attested late (c. 1475), probably dates back to Old English *ġēoltīd (literally “Christmas season”). See there for more; equivalent to Yule + -tide.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.