autunno
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin autumnus (“autumn, fall”), of uncertain etymology. First attested in 1306, replacing several inherited forms (cf. proto-Italian octummio, attested in a Latin document from 762, via Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "LL" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.). The Latin etymon is directly continued by Romanian toamnă, Aromanian toamnã (unless these reflect the variant in a-), Italian autono (Northern Italy, 15th c.), Romansch utuon (Engadine), Spanish otoño (→ Logudorese Sardinian atónzu, Campidanese atógniu), Portuguese outono, and via Vulgar Latin *atumnus by Friulian atum (“october”), Romansch atun (Sursilvan), aton (Surmiran). Provençal autoun (“autumn harvest”) could be Latin-influenced; French autonne is likely, and Catalan autumne certain to be a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation
Noun
autunno m (plural autunni)
- autumn, (US) fall
- c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Il paesaggio”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 239:
- Nello autunno farai le cose secondo l’età di tal tempo, cioè nel principio li alberi cominciare a impallidire le foglie ne’ più vecchi rami, più o meno secondo che la pianta è figurata in loco sterile o fertile, e ancora più pallide e rosseggianti a quelle specie d’alberi i quali furono primi a fare i loro frutti.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms
See also
Seasons in Italian · stagioni (layout · text) · category | |||
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primavera (“spring”) | estate (“summer”) | autunno (“autumn”) | inverno (“winter”) |
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “autumnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: invalid volume number
, page 1176
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