dusk

dusk · adjective, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰwes-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*duskaz“dark, smoky”
3. Old English · inherited fromdox“dark, swarthy”
4. Middle English · inherited fromdosk, dusk(e)“dusky”
5. English todaydusk

From Middle English dosk, dusk(e) (“dusky”, adj.), from Old English dox (“dark, swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-, related to *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”). Cognate to Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”), Old Irish donn (“dark”). Related to dye, dust and dun (see these for more). Doublet of fuscous.

dusk · verb²

1. Old English · inherited fromdoxian
2. Middle English · inherited fromdusken
3. English todaydusk

From Middle English dusken, from Old English doxian.

Words from the same roots