Night

Morpheme

Night

Type

free base

Denotation

dark part of a day, darkness, period between sunset and sunrise

Etymology

Old English niht, neaht, næht, neht

Evidence

forenight, midnight, night, nightcap, nightie, nightish, nightlike, nightmare, nightly, nights, nighttime, tonight

Notes

homophone of Knight

See Also

Nox, Noct