Where does “aŭtuno” come from?
aŭtuno (Esperanto) comes from French automne, from Old French automne, from Latin autumnus, from Latin auctumnus, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewǵ- — cold.
aŭtuno (Esperanto): autumn, fall
Ancestry of “aŭtuno”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | automne | autumn, fall |
| 2 | Old French | automne | autumn |
| 3 | Latin | autumnus | autumn, fall; autumn; autumnal |
| 4 | Latin | auctumnus | autumn; autumn; autumnal |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewǵ- | cold |
Words derived from “aŭtuno”