dawning

Meanings

Noun

  • Dawn.
  • The first beginnings of something.

Verb

  • Present participle of dawn

Origin

  • From Middle English dawnynge, an alteration of dawing, under the influence of North Germanic cognates (compare Swedish, Danish dagning). See daw#Etymology 2.

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