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morning

/ˈmɔːnɪŋ/MAWR-ning
/ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/MAWR-ning

Meaningmorning

Common meaning: early part of the day

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MAR‘shine’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 264, p. 739 · scan
  2. Old Englishmorgen‘morning’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishmorwening‘morning’source
  4. Englishmorning‘early part of the day’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English morgen ‘morning’.

Roots

  • morgen Old English “morning, the next day”

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