Where does “sunlights” come from?

sunlights (English) comes from English sunlight, from Middle English sonnelight, from Old English sunnan lēoht — sunlight.

sunlights (English): plural of sunlight; API pl; The lighter coloring...

Definitions

  1. plural of sunlight; API pl; The lighter coloring...

Ancestry of “sunlights”, step by step

sunlights traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sunlight

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsunlightAll the electromagnetic radiation given off by...
2Middle Englishsonnelight
3Old Englishsunnan lēohtsunlight

via English highlights

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhighlightsplural of highlight; Summary of an event, such as...
Every word from Old English sunnan lēoht