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