ἕσπερος
Ancient Greek
adj-2nd
Definitions
- of or at evening
- western
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *wésperos derived from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (evening).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wek(ʷ)speros
Gloss
evening
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
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
- hesperus Latin
- vesper Latin
- vespera Latin
- vesperugo Latin
- vespro Italian
- вечер Russian
- ἑσπέριος Ancient Greek
- *kʷsep-, *k(ʷ)sep-r/n- Proto-Indo-European
- *wek(ʷ)speros Proto-Indo-European
- *wekʷsperos Proto-Indo-European
- *westrą Proto-Germanic
- wieczorek Polish
- wieczorny Polish
- wieczorynka Polish
- wieczór Polish
- Vesper Middle English
- *večerъ Proto-Slavic
- vespre Old French
- vespres Old French
- vespero Esperanto
- vespre Catalan, Valencian
- գիշեր Armenian
- գիշեր Old Armenian
- գիշերային Old Armenian
- գիշերայն Old Armenian
- գիշերոյն Old Armenian
- fescor Old Irish
- vesper Middle High German
- dhespër Albanian
- Vësper Alemannic German
- viaspro Dalmatian
- veîpre Bourguignon
- *wésperos Proto-Hellenic
- vèpe Picard
- *geišero- Proto-Armenian