English
advesperate
Advesperate comes from Latin vesper ‘the evening or vespers’, 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‘the evening or vespers’
- Englishtodayadvesperate
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‘the evening or vespers’
- Englishtodayadvesperate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps ‘night’
through Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros ‘evening’
through Proto-Italic *wesperos
through Latin vesper ‘the evening or vespers’
Today it means
verb To draw towards evening.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros / advesperate