From Middle English *even-night, from Old English emniht, efenniht, from Proto-Germanic *ebnanahts, equivalent to even- + night. Cognate with Old Frisian evennacht, ivinnacht, Old Norse jafnnætti. Compare also Dutch nachtevening.
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