Etymology

evening

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Today it means: The time of day between afternoon and night. Full definition →

Middle English evenynge ← Old English ǣfnung ← Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ
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evening · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Germanic*ēbanþs
  5. Proto-West Germanic*ābanþ
  6. Old Englishǣfen
  7. Old Englishǣfnian
  8. Old Englishǣfnung
  9. Middle Englishevenynge
  10. English todayevening

From Middle English evenynge, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian (“to become evening”), from ǣfen (“eve”) (from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing.

evening · verb2

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evening · verb3

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Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*ābanþ all →

even

Proto-Germanic*ēbanþs all →

even

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