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...

Definitions

  1. The sixth of the seven canonical hours; The...

Ancestry of “vespers”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvespres—
2Ecclesiastical Latinvesperae—
3Latinvesperusevening
4Latinvesperthe evening or vespers; supper, dinner; the...
5Proto-Italic*wesperos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

Words derived from “vespers”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European we- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros →Every word from Proto-Italic *wesperos →