Where does “seasonally” come from?
Seasonally derives from English seasonal, which combines English season with the suffix -ally, ultimately tracing through French a-, Ancient Greek ἀ-, Latin ad-, and Proto-Indo-European ád.
seasonally (English): Occurring every season; Occurring only in season
Definitions
- Occurring every season; Occurring only in season
Ancestry of “seasonally”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | seasonal | Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period... |
| 2 | English | season | Each of the four divisions of a year: spring,... |
| 3 | French | assaisonner | to season |
| 4 | French | saison | season |
| 5 | Old French | saison | season |
| 6 | Latin | satiō | to satisfy |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |