Latin

vesper

‘the evening or vespers’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin vesper.

8 English words in this record descend from Latin vesper, most familiar first.

• vesper ← vespre
• vespers ← vespres ← vesperae ← vesperus
• pipistrelle ← pipistrello ← vespertilio
• vespertine ← vespertyne ← vespertīnus
• advesperate
• vespertilian ← vespertīliō
• vespering
• vesperate

Etymograph / Latin vesper