fescor
Old Irish
/ˈfʲeskor/
noun
Definitions
- evening, eventide, vespers
- figuratively end, decline, wane
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vesper (evening star, evening) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wekʷsperos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- advesperate English
- vesper English
- vesperate English
- vespering English
- vesper Latin
- vesperugo Latin
- vespro Italian
- ἕσπερος Ancient Greek
- *wek(ʷ)speros Proto-Indo-European
- *wekʷsperos Proto-Indo-European
- Vesper Middle English
- coinfheascar Irish
- *večerъ Proto-Slavic
- vespre Old French
- vespres Old French
- vespero Esperanto
- vespre Catalan, Valencian
- feasgar Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- fastyr Manx
- dhespër Albanian
- *wekeras Proto-Balto-Slavic
- viaspro Dalmatian
- veîpre Bourguignon
- vèpe Picard