Where does “seasoning” come from?
Seasoning derives from English season, influenced by French assaisonner, combining French a- (from Ancient Greek ἀ-) and Latin ad- (from Latin ad, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád and sem-).
seasoning (English): Something used to add taste or flavour to food,...
Definitions
- Something used to add taste or flavour to food,...
Ancestry of “seasoning”, step by step
seasoning 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 |