Where does “vespres” come from?

vespres (Old French) comes 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-.

Ancestry of “vespres”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vespres”

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