English

evening star

From evening + star.

A compound of evening + star

Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs

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Old English ǣfen ‘eve’

Old English ǣfnian ‘to become evening’

Old English ǣfnung

Middle English evening

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr ‘star’

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Proto-West Germanic *sternō

Proto-West Germanic *sterrō

Old English steorra ‘star’

Middle English sterre

English star

Today it means

name The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / evening star