Where does “evenings” come from?
Evening comes from English even, derived from Latin evenio meaning "to happen or turn out," from Latin ex- combined with a root ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷem-.
evenings (English): In the evening, during the evening; plural of...
Definitions
- In the evening, during the evening; plural of...
Ancestry of “evenings”, step by step
evenings traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English evening
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | evening | The time of the day between dusk and night, when... |
| 2 | Middle English | evening | — |
| 3 | Old English | ǣfnung | — |
| 4 | Old English | ǣfnian | — |
| 5 | Old English | ǣfen | evening |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ābanþ | evening |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ēbanþs | evening |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁epi | on, at, near |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eps | — |
via English S
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | S | The ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this... |