Vesper
Middle English
/ˈvɛspər/
proper noun
Definitions
- (astronomy) The planet closely associated with the evening: Venus.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vesper (evening star, evening).
Origin
Latin
vesper
Gloss
evening star, evening
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
夕, 晩
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- advesperate English
- vesperate English
- vespering English
- vesper Latin
- vesperugo Latin
- vespro Italian
- ἕσπερος Ancient Greek
- *wek(ʷ)speros Proto-Indo-European
- *wekʷsperos Proto-Indo-European
- vespre Old French
- vespres Old French
- vespero Esperanto
- vespre Catalan, Valencian
- fescor Old Irish
- dhespër Albanian
- viaspro Dalmatian
- veîpre Bourguignon
- vèpe Picard