Where does “Hochsaison” come from?
Hochsaison (German) comes from German Saison, from French saison, from Old French saison, from Latin satiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Hochsaison (German): high season
Definitions
- high season
Ancestry of “Hochsaison”, step by step
Hochsaison traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Saison
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Saison | season |
| 2 | French | saison | season |
| 3 | Old French | saison | season |
| 4 | Latin | satiō | to satisfy |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |