http://blog.oup.com/2012/03/seasons-word-origin-spring-fall/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Sat, 25 May 2013 11:23:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2012/03/seasons-word-origin-spring-fall/#comment-267017 OUPblog » Blog Archive » The Seasons, Part 3: Rainy Winter? Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:14:19 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=22365#comment-267017 [...] note I will close the miniseries “Seasons.” I ended up with spring, the source of new life (see the pregnant Primavera), a soft summer, the fall, in which deciduous trees lose their foliage, autumn, from French, (?) [...] [...] note I will close the miniseries “Seasons.” I ended up with spring, the source of new life (see the pregnant Primavera), a soft summer, the fall, in which deciduous trees lose their foliage, autumn, from French, (?) [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/03/seasons-word-origin-spring-fall/#comment-258972 OUPblog » Blog Archive » The Seasons, part 2. From three to four, summer. Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:33:16 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=22365#comment-258972 [...] ancient Indo-Europeans lived in the northern hemisphere (see the previous post), but, although this conclusion is certain, it does not follow that they divided the year into four [...] [...] ancient Indo-Europeans lived in the northern hemisphere (see the previous post), but, although this conclusion is certain, it does not follow that they divided the year into four [...]

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