Sunset etymology

English

English word sunset comes from English set, English sun

Etymology of sunset

Detailed word origin of sunset

Dictionary entry Language Definition
set English (en) (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.. Fixed in one’s opinion.. Fixed in position.. Intent, determined (to do something).. Prearranged.. Ready, prepared.. Rigid, solidified. (Scotland) To suit; to become.. (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.. (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.. [...]
sun English (en) (astronomy) A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.. (cartomancy) The thirty-first Lenormand card.. (chiefly, literary) Sunrise or sunset.. (figurative) Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.. The light and warmth which is received from the sun.. The nineteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot. The star that the Earth revolves around and from [...]
sunset English (en) (business, politics, transitive) To phase out. (attributively) Having a set termination date.. (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.. The changes in color of the sky at sunset.. The region where the sun sets; the west.. The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.