Where does “vespers” come from?
vespers (Middle English) comes from Old French vespres, from Ecclesiastical Latin vesperae, from Latin vesperus, from Latin vesper, from Proto-Italic *wesperos, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.
vespers (Middle English): The sixth of the seven canonical hours; The...
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- The sixth of the seven canonical hours; The...
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