Ordet “autumn” i sin tur verkar komma från franska, men vad det gamla franska ordet “autompne” har för ursprung vore kul att veta.

På http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn går att läsa:

“Before the 16th century, harvest was the term usually used to refer to the season. However, as more people gradually moved from working the land to living in towns (especially those who could read and write, the only people whose use of language we now know), the word harvest lost its reference to the time of year and came to refer only to the actual activity of reaping, and fall, as well as autumn, began to replace it as a reference to the season.”

Jag trodde kanske den här typen av urbaniseringpåverkan på språket skedde senare i takt med industrialiseringen, men så är jag också bara nyfiken amatör.