English
good morning
Good morning comes from Middle English gud mornynge, and goes back to Old English *gōdne morgen.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*gōdne morgenreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gud mornynge
- Englishearliest quotation 1802good morning
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*gōdne morgenreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gud mornynge
- Englishearliest quotation 1802good morning
Earliest quotation: 1802, George Colman, Sir Thomas Erpingham’s Sonnet on His Lady: “It could not otherwise befall / (Sir Thomas, and…”
Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- ‘to unite, be associated, suit’
Proto-Germanic *gōdaz ‘good’
Proto-West Germanic *gōd ‘good’
Old English gōd ‘good’
Middle English good
English good
Proto-Indo-European *merkʷ- ‘to flicker’
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Proto-West Germanic *morgan
Old English morgen
Middle English morwen ‘morning’
Middle English morwenynge ‘morning’
English morning
Every English word from Old English *gōdne morgen
Today it means
intj Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English *gōdne morgen / good morning