seedtime

Pronunciation: /ˈsiːdˌtaɪm/

The English word “seedtime” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

The time to sow seeds.
A time for new development.

Etymology

From Middle English seed tyme, from Old English sǣdtīma (“time for sowing, season”), from Proto-West Germanic *sādatīmō, from Proto-Germanic *sēdatīmô (“seedtime”), equivalent to seed + time. Cognate with Icelandic sáðtími (“sowing time, seedtime”). Compare also West Frisian siedtiid (“seedtime”), Dutch zaaitijd (“sowing time, seedtime”), German Saatzeit (“season for sowing seed”), Swedish…

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