morn

Meaning

Morning.

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɔːn/

Etymology

From Middle English morn, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko, from *mer- (“to shimmer, glisten”). See also West Frisian moarn, Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, German Morgen, Danish morgen, Norwegian morgon; also Lithuanian mérkti (“to blink, twinkle”), Sanskrit मरीचि (márīci, “ray of light”), Greek μέρα (méra, “morning”). Doublet of morrow and morgen. See also morning.