Etymology

crepusculum

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Today it means: crepuscule; twilight; dusk Full definition →

Latin crepusculum
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromcrepusculum
  2. English todaycrepusculum

Learned borrowing from Latin crepusculum. Doublet of crepuscle and crepuscule.

Words from the same roots

Latincrepusculum all →

crepusculecrepuscularcrepuscular ray

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.