Etymology

sunrist

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Middle English sunneryst ← Old English ǣrist
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromǣrist“rising, resurrection”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromsunneryst
  3. English todaysunrist

From Middle English sunneryst, from sunne (“sun”) + *rist (“rising”) (as from Old English ǣrist (“rising, resurrection”)), equivalent to sun + arist.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishǣrist all →

arist

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