Where does “sunlight” come from?

Sunlight comes from Middle English sonnelight, from Old English sunnan lēoht, a compound of sunnan (of the sun) and lēoht (light).

sunlight (English): All the electromagnetic radiation given off by...

Definitions

  1. All the electromagnetic radiation given off by...

Ancestry of “sunlight”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsonnelight
2Old Englishsunnan lēohtsunlight

Words derived from “sunlight

Every word from Old English sunnan lēoht