vespers
Middle English
noun
Definitions
- (Christianity) The sixth of the seven canonical hours.
- (Christianity) The liturgical service celebrated at this time.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French vespres derived 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
- vespers English
- vesper Latin
- vesperugo Latin
- vespro Italian
- ἕσπερος Ancient Greek
- *wek(ʷ)speros Proto-Indo-European
- *wekʷsperos Proto-Indo-European
- Vesper Middle English
- vespre Old French
- vespres Old French
- vespero Esperanto
- vespre Catalan, Valencian
- fescor Old Irish
- dhespër Albanian
- viaspro Dalmatian
- veîpre Bourguignon
- vèpe Picard