Where does “Summer” come from?
Summer comes from English sum, derived from Kazakh сом, which is traced to Latin sagmarius, combining Latin super meaning "over" with the suffix -arius forming agent nouns.
Summer (English): One of four seasons, traditionally the second,...
Definitions
- One of four seasons, traditionally the second,...
Ancestry of “Summer”, step by step
Summer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English somer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | somer | summer |
| 2 | Old English | sumor | summer |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | sumar | summer |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sumaraz | summer |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥m-aro- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥-h₂-ó- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | semh₂- | summer, year |
via Middle English sumer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sumer | Alternative form of somer |