morrow

Etymology

From Middle English morwe, morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz; compare Dutch morgen and German Morgen. Doublet of morn. Both forms continue earlier Middle English morwen (morn through early contraction, morrow through regular reduction of -en).

noun

  1. (archaic or poetic) The next or following day.
  2. (archaic) Morning.
    For quotations using this term, see Citations:morrow.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To dawn
    […] he did her bidding but hardly touched food; after which he lay at full length on his bed all the night through in cogitation deep until morning morrowed. 1885, Sir Richard Burton, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

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