Summer definition
They summered at a beach resort.
Summer heat; summer attire.
Summer crops.
Summered the herd in the south meadow.
An example of summer is when you spend each summer vacation in the Hamptons.
A girl of 13 summers.
Summer activities.
A youth of sixteen summers.
An example of summer in the United States are the months of June, July and August.
The heat of summer.
We like to summer in the Mediterranean.
Origin of summer
- Middle English beam, pack animal from Anglo-Norman sumer from Vulgar Latin saumārius from Late Latin sagmārius pertaining to a packsaddle, packhorse from sagma packsaddle sumpter
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English sumer from Old English sumor sem-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English somer, sumer, from Old English sumor (“summer"), from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz (“summer"), from Proto-Indo-European *sam-, *sem-, *smÌ¥-hâ‚‚-ó- (“summer, year"). Cognate with Scots somer, sumer, simer (“summer"), West Frisian simmer (“summer"), Saterland Frisian Suumer (“summer"), Dutch zomer (“summer"), Low German Sommer (“summer"), German Sommer (“summer"), Swedish sommar (“summer"), Icelandic sumar (“summer"), Welsh haf (“summer"), Armenian Õ¡Õ´ (am, “year"), Õ¡Õ´Õ¡Õ¼ (amaá¹™, “summer"), Sanskrit [script?] (sámā, “a half-year, season, weather, year").
From Wiktionary
- From Anglo-Norman somer, sumer, from Vulgar Latin saumārius, for Latin sagmārius, from sagma (“sum").
From Wiktionary
- sum + -er
From Wiktionary