evennight
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EquinoxEquinox.
Meaning
1 senses(Germanic, historical, rare)Equinox.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Old English efnniht, from Proto-West Germanic *ebnanaht (“equinox”)Learned borrowing from Old English efnniht, from Proto-West Germanic *ebnanaht (“equinox”), equivalent to even- + night. Cognate with Old Frisian evennacht, ivinnacht, Old Norse jafnnætti. Compare also Dutch nachtevening (“equinox”).
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