herfst.
autumn, fall
Meaning & usage
autumn, fall
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch herfst, from Old Dutch *hervist, from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-. The original meaning was “harvest time”, as is seen in herfstmaand. Cognate with German Herbst, Low German Harvst, West Frisian hjerst, English harvest; further with Latin carpere (“to pick, to pluck”), Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit, harvest”).
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