midnight

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English word midnight comes from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts, and later Old English (ca. 450-1100) midniht (Midnight.)

*midjanahts (Proto-Germanic)

midniht (Old English)

Midnight.

mydnyght (Middle English)

Midnight.

midnight (English)

(historical) The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.. 12 o'clock at night exactly.

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