English
Hesperus
Hesperus comes from Ancient Greek ἕσπερος ‘pertaining to the evening, western’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wek(ʷ)speros‘evening’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wésperosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἕσπεροςhésperos‘pertaining to the evening, western’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHesperus
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wek(ʷ)speros‘evening’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wésperosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἕσπεροςhésperos‘pertaining to the evening, western’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHesperus
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros
Today it means
name The planet Venus when observed as an evening star.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros / Hesperus