autumnus

Latin

From earlier auctumnus, of unclear ultimate origin:

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ- (“cold”) (compare Old Irish úacht, Lithuanian áušti (“to cool off”), Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)).
Borrowed from an Etruscan word.[1][2]
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂sows-, *h₂sus- (“dry”), as in "drying up season."[3]

Possibly influenced by auctus (“enriched, enlarged, ample”).

autumnus m (genitive autumnī); second declension

Second declension.

autumnus (feminine autumna, neuter autumnum); first/second declension

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	autumnus	autumna	autumnum	autumnī	autumnae	autumna
Genitive	autumnī	autumnae	autumnī	autumnōrum	autumnārum	autumnōrum
Dative	autumnō	autumnae	autumnō	autumnīs	autumnīs	autumnīs
Accusative	autumnum	autumnam	autumnum	autumnōs	autumnās	autumna
Ablative	autumnō	autumnā	autumnō	autumnīs	autumnīs	autumnīs
Vocative	autumne	autumna	autumnum	autumnī	autumnae	autumna

autumnus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
autumnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Tucker, T.G., Etymological Dictionary of Latin, Ares Publishers, 1976 (reprint of 1931 edition).

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