Where does “mid-autumn” come from?

mid-autumn (English) comes from English autumn, from Middle English autumpne, from Middle French automne, from Old French automne, from Latin autumnus, from Latin auctumnus, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewǵ- — cold.

mid-autumn (English): The middle of autumn; Happening in the middle of...

Definitions

  1. The middle of autumn; Happening in the middle of...

Ancestry of “mid-autumn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishautumnTraditionally the third of the four seasons, when...
2Middle Englishautumpneautumn, fall
3Middle Frenchautomneautumn
4Old Frenchautomneautumn
5Latinautumnusautumn, fall; autumn; autumnal
6Latinauctumnusautumn; autumn; autumnal
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewǵ-cold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewǵ- →Every word from Latin auctumnus →Every word from Latin autumnus →