Evening, What does it mean?
What does “evening” mean? evening (n.) from Old English æfnung "the coming of evening, sunset, time around sunset," verbal noun from æfnian "become evening, grow toward evening," from æfen "evening" (see eve ). As a synonym OF even (n.) in the sense "time from sunset to bedtime," it dates from mid-15c. and now entirely replaces the older word in this sense. Another Old English noun for "evening" was cwildtid . morning (n.) "first part of the day" (technically from midnight to noon), late 14c., a contraction of mid-13c. morwenynge, moregeninge , from morn, morewen (see morn ) + suffix -ing , on pattern of evening . Originally the time just before sunrise. As an adjective from 1530s; as a greeting by 1895, short for good morning . Morning after in reference to a hangover is from 1884; in reference to a type of contraception, attested by 1967. Morning sic...