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