English

alnight

From all + night.

A compound of all + night

Proto-Germanic *allaz

Proto-West Germanic *all

Old English eall

Middle English all

English all

Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts ‘night’

Proto-Germanic *nahts ‘night’

Proto-West Germanic *naht ‘night’

Old English niht ‘night’

Middle English nighte

English night

Today it means

noun A great cake of wax with a wick in the midst, intended to burn all night.

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