evenglome

The story

1. Old English · learned borrowing fromǣfenglōm
2. English todayevenglome

Learned borrowing from Old English ǣfenglōm, as the term began being used soon after the publication of Early England and the Saxon-English in 1869, where the word is first listed in this form. By surface analysis, even + glome (“gloom”).

First known use, by meaning

• from 1860s Twilight; dusk; crepusculum.