morn

Morning.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɔːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: morn

Inherited from Old English: morgen

Cognate with Western Frisian: moarn

Cognate with Low German: Morgen

Cognate with Dutch: morgen

Cognate with German: Morgen

Cognate with Danish: morgen

Cognate with Norwegian: morgon

Cognate with Lithuanian: mérkti

Cognate with Sanskrit: मरीचि

Cognate with Greek: μέρα

In summary

From Middle English morn, morwen, 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.

Synonyms

morning

forenoon

dawn

sunrise

🌅

sun-up

daybreak

daylight

morning time

sunup term

a.m.

ante meridiem

Aurora

morrow

cockcrow

Translations

mattina

matin

mattinata

πρωί

matí

ranek

mañana

oriente

mattino

manhã

rano

matin

morgen

avant-midi

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