English
Vesper
Vesper comes from Latin vesper ‘evening star’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wek⁽ʷ⁾speros‘evening’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wesperosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvesper‘evening star’
- EnglishtodayVesper
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wek⁽ʷ⁾speros‘evening’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wesperosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvesper‘evening star’
- EnglishtodayVesper
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps ‘night’
through Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros ‘evening’
Another origin of Vesper
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷséps‘night’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wek⁽ʷ⁾speros‘evening’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wesperosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvesper‘the evening or vespers’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvespera‘evening, eventide’
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050vëspera
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vësper
- Germanc. 1650–presentVesper‘Vespers’
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
name The planet Venus as the evening star.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros / Vesper