Etymology

weeknight

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Today it means: The evening of a weekday. Full definition →

English night ← Middle English wyke ← Old English wice
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*wikǭ
  3. Proto-West Germanic*wikā
  4. Old Englishwice
  5. Middle Englishwyke
  6. Englishweek
  7. Englishnight
  8. English todayweeknight

From week + night.

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