English
evenfall
From even (“evening”) + fall.
A compound of even ‘evening’ + fall
Proto-Indo-European *h₁émnos ‘equal, straight; flat, level’
Proto-Germanic *ebnaz ‘even, level’
Proto-West Germanic *ebn ‘even, level’
Old English efn ‘flat; level, even, equal’
Middle English even
English even
Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- ‘to collapse’
Proto-Germanic *fallaną ‘to fall’
Proto-West Germanic *fallan ‘to fall’
Old English feallan ‘to fall’
Middle English fallen ‘to fall’
English fall
Today it means
noun dusk, twilight
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / evenfall