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Autumn or fall is one of the four temperate seasons. The word autumn comes from the Old French word autompne (automne in modern French), and was later normalised to the original Latin word autumnus.. The alternative word fall is now mostly a North American English word for the season.
During the 17th century, English emigration to the British colonies in North America was at its peak, and the new settlers took the English language with them. While the term fall gradually became obsolete in Britain, it became the more common term in North America, where autumn is nonetheless preferred in scientific and often in literary contexts.
This photo of female duck I took in a pond in the park.