From Middle English sesoun, seson (“time of the year”), from Old
French seson, seison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin
satiōnem, accusative of satiō (“act of sowing, planting”) from
satum, past participle of serere (“to sow, plant”) from Proto-
Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, plant”). Akin to Old English
sāwan (“to sow”), Old English sǣd (“seed”). Displaced native
Middle English sele (“season”) (from Old English sǣl (“season,
time, occasion”)), Middle English tide (“season, time of year”)
(from Old English tīd (“time, period, yeartide, season”)).
season (plural seasons) - Each of the four divisions of a year:
spring, summer, autumn and winter; yeartide. - A part of a year
when something particular happens: mating season, rainy season,
football season. - (obsolete) That which gives relish;
seasoning. - 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing,
Act 4 Scene 1 - O! she is fallen - Into a pit of ink, that the
wide sea - Hath drops too few to wash her clean again, - And
salt too little which may seaso