From earlierauctumnus, of unclear ultimate origin:
Possibly influenced byauctus(“enriched, enlarged, ample”).
autumnus m (genitiveautumnī);second declension
- autumn,fall
Second-declension noun.
autumnus (feminineautumna,neuterautumnum);first/second-declension adjective
- (relational)autumn;autumnal
First/second-declension adjective.
Several are learned.
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
- ^De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “autumnus”, inEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN,page64
- ^Roberts, Edward A. (2014)A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation,→ISBN
- ^Tucker, T.G., Etymological Dictionary of Latin, Ares Publishers, 1976 (reprint of 1931 edition).
- “autumnus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "autumnus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)