season

Definition

Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter

Etymology

From Middle English sesoun, seson (“time of the year”), from Old French seson, saison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiō (“act of sowing, planting”) from satum, past participle of serō (“to sow, plant”) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, plant”). Akin to Old English sāwan (“to sow”), sǣd (“seed”). Doublet of saison. Displaced native Middle English sele (“season”) (from Old English sǣl (“season, time, occasion”)), Middle English tide (“season, time of year”) (from Old English tīd (“time, period, yeartide, season”)).

Example Sentences

• "we saw, in six days' traveling, the several seasons of the year in their beauty and perfection"
• "We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun, / But the wine and the song, / like the seasons, have all gone."
• "mating season"