“ Divided strictly according to this motion the year falls into four nearly equal seasons, “spring” (i.e. the springing time, when vegetation rises or shoots) , “summer” (O. Eng. sumer, cf. Dutch zomer, Ger. Sommer, probably connected with Skt. sama, year) , “autumn” (Lat. autumnus, auctumnus, from augere, to increase, the period of ripening or fruiting) and “winter” (common Teutonic, possibly a nasalized form. of root seen in “wet”) . ”