vesper

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Latin word vesper comes from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsp-, and later Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (Evening.)

*wekʷsp- (Proto-Indo-European)

*wek(ʷ)speros (Proto-Indo-European)

Evening.

vesper (Latin)

(by extension) the West. (by extension) the evening star. Supper, dinner (evening meal). The evening or vespers.

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