autunno

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin autumnus (“autumn, fall”), of uncertain etymology. First attested in 1306, replacing several inherited forms (cf. proto-Italian octummio, attested in a Latin document from 762, via Late Latin autumnius). The Latin etymon is directly continued by Romanian toamnă, Aromanian toamnã (unless these reflect the variant in a-), Italian autono (Northern Italy, 15th c.), Romansh utuon (Engadine), Spanish otoño (→ Logudorese Sardinian atónzu, Campidanese atógniu), Portuguese outono, and via Vulgar Latin *atumnus by Friulian atum (“october”), Romansh atun (Sursilvan), aton (Surmiran). Provençal autoun (“autumn harvest”) could be Latin-influenced; French automne is likely, and Catalan autumne certain to be a borrowing from Latin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /awˈtun.no/ Rhymes: -unno Hyphenation: au‧tùn‧no === Noun === autunno m (plural autunni) autumn, (US) fall ==== Related terms ==== autunnale === See also === === Further reading === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “autumnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1176