Where does “automne” come from?

automne (Middle French) comes from Old French automne, from Latin autumnus, from Latin auctumnus, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewǵ- — cold.

automne (Middle French): autumn

Definitions

  1. autumn

Ancestry of “automne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchautomneautumn
2Latinautumnusautumn, fall; autumn; autumnal
3Latinauctumnusautumn; autumn; autumnal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewǵ-cold

Words derived from “automne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewǵ- →Every word from Latin auctumnus →Every word from Latin autumnus →