Where does “miniseason” come from?
miniseason (English) comes from English season, from French assaisonner, from French saison, from Old French saison, from Latin satiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
miniseason (English): A short season
Definitions
- A short season
Ancestry of “miniseason”, step by step
miniseason traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English season
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | season | Each of the four divisions of a year: spring,... |
| 2 | French | assaisonner | to season |
| 3 | French | saison | season |
| 4 | Old French | saison | season |
| 5 | Latin | satiō | to satisfy |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |