seasonality

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree French a- Proto-Indo-European *ser-der. Proto-Italic *serō Latin serō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin satiōnem Old French saison French saison Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French assaisonnerbor. English season Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English seasonal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English seasonality From seasonal + -ity.

1. Variation with the seasons

   “Tourism has a high degree of seasonality.”

   “Between the wars the volume of holiday traffic trebled, but the principal drawback remained - that of seasonality.”