## Meanings
1. The season between summer and winter, when leaves fall and the weather grows cooler.
2. A later stage of life or a period past someone's prime.

## Examples
- The leaves turn red and gold in autumn.
- He is now in the autumn of his career.

## Derived Forms
- autumn-spring
- autumn-time
- autumnfest
- autumnful
- autumnise
- autumnish
- autumnize
- autumntide
- autumntime
- autumnwear
- autumny
- mid-autumn

## Related Forms
- autumnal
- autumnian
- autumnity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: autumpne
- Root: automne
- Root: autumnus
- Root: autumnāre

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English autumpne, from Middle French automne, from Old French automne, autonne, from Latin autumnus. Some of the verbal senses are from Latin autumnāre.

## AI Etymology
Autumn is inherited from Middle English autumpne, from Middle French automne, from Old French automne, autonne, from Latin autumnus. Some of the verbal senses are from Latin autumnāre.

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