四季的英文单词的起源与发展

1、Made By Group 14SpringSPRINGWhats your first impression on spring?Warm weather,Warm weather,green grass and treesgreen grass and trees, ,cocololorf rful ul fl flowowersers, , fresh air fresh air Anyway, its full of vigor. Spring comes from the Indo-European(印欧语系)root word “sprengh-” which means “mov

2、e fast”. And the German “springen” and the “spring” in English even have already been out of their original intention and mean “jump”. Only “springa” in Swedish remained the meaning of running. Spring in old English as a noun, means the place where the water is coming from the earth. This definition

3、 was later extended to express the meaning of source, origin, in addition to rising, it is a symbol of rebirth, thriving. By 16th Century, people used “spring” to replace the original “Lent”(大斋节), to express the spring, which is a symbol of the beginning of all life in nature.大斋节，亦称齐斋节，自圣灰星期三开始至复活大斋

4、节，亦称齐斋节，自圣灰星期三开始至复活节前的节前的4040天，在此期间进行斋戒和忏悔天，在此期间进行斋戒和忏悔Summer SUMMER As we know, summer is a very common and daily word. And it means sunny, growing-up and struggling. All of us love summer, because we can spend a long holiday every year.Do you know what the origin of summer is?“Summer” comes from t

5、he Germanic word. And It is with German “Sommer” and Dutch “Zomer”, as well as the Swedish “sommar” are the same source.Ultimately, it evolved from the Indo-European root word “Sem”. Autumn & FallAUTUMNFallen leaves Cool windMellow fruitSorrow .“Autumn” in English is changed from the Latin “autu

6、mnus”. In old English, the season was called “harvest”. This usage has been popular until 16th Century.By 16th Century, people became gradually using “autumn” to replace “harvest”, in order to express this season. And “harvest” just simply represents the harvest of crops.AUTUMNIn 16th Century, Ameri

7、cans began to use “fall” instead of “autumn”, in order to show the fall.So you can use any one of the two words to describe it if you like. WinterWINTER “Winter” is borrowed from Germanic. The writing of “winter” in German, Dutch and English is same and the wording of the Swedish and Danish is “vinter”. Its origin is unknown, but probably derived from the Indo-European wed-“. And it is the meaning of wet, therefore “water”, “wet” in English head from it.WINTERThis argument is that this word means wet season, but also a kind of argument is that “winter” is connected