Borrowed from Latin autumnus (“autumn, fall”), of uncertain etymology. 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.
autonn m (plural autonns)
Seasons in Ladin · sajons (layout · text) · category | |||
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ansciuda (“gherdëina”), aisciöda (“badiot”), aisciuda (“fascian”) | instà (“gherdëina”), isté (“badiot”), istà (“fascian”) | autonn (“autumn”), altonn (“badiot”), uton (“fascian”) | inviern (“gherdëina”), invern (“badiot, fascian”) |