Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve. · Evening, night. · The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ Old English ǣfen Middle English evender. Middle English eve English eve Inherited from Middle English eve, variant of even (itself from Old English ǣfen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n'. See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source. In medieval Europe, days were considered to extend from sunset to sunset rather than midnight to midnight, so the night before a holiday was considered part of it, hence its "eve".
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