Etymology

sunset

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Today it means: The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon. Full definition →

Middle English son-sett
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromson-sett
  2. English todaysunset

From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.

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