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Where does “vesper” come from?

Vesper comes from Old French vespre, from Latin vesper meaning evening, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷsperos, ultimately from the root we-.

vesper (English): The bell that summons worshipers to vespers; the...

Definitions

  1. The bell that summons worshipers to vespers; the...

Ancestry of “vesper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvesper—
2Middle High Germanvesper—
3Old High Germanvespera—
4Latinvesperaevening, eventide
5Latinvesperthe evening or vespers; supper, dinner; the...
6Proto-Italic*wesperos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

Words derived from “vesper”

  • vespers
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