The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
- Proto-Germanic*ēbanþs
- Proto-West Germanic*ābanþ
- Old Englishǣfen
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₂itis
- Proto-Indo-European*dih₂tís
- Proto-Germanic*tīdiz
- Proto-West Germanic*tīdi
- Old Englishtīd
- Old Englishǣfentīd
- Middle Englisheventide
- English todayeventide
Inherited from Middle English eventide, from Old English ǣfentīd, from ǣfen (“evening”) + tīd (“time”). By surface analysis, even + -tide.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.