Where does “seasonal” come from?
Seasonal derives from English season, which comes from English aldehyde via French a- and Ancient Greek ἀ-, ultimately tracing through Latin ad-, Latin ad, Proto-Indo-European ád, and Proto-Indo-European sem-.
seasonal (English): Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period...
Definitions
- Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period...
Ancestry of “seasonal”, step by step
| 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 |