The story
- Old English · inherited fromǣfenlēoht“evening light”
- Middle English · inherited fromevenlight
- English todayevenlight
From Middle English evenlight, evenelyȝth, from Old English ǣfenlēoht (“evening light”), equivalent to even + light. Cognate with Dutch avondlicht (“evening light”), German Abendlicht (“evening light”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.