tonight etymology

Middle English word tonight comes from Old English niht, Old English tō, and later Old English to niht (Tonight.)

Detailed word origin of tonight

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
niht Old English (ang) Darkness.. Day, when computing spans of time.. Night, particularly:. The time between sunset and sundown.
Old English (ang)
to niht Old English (ang) Tonight.
tonight Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as tonight

Descendants of niht
naht nat naught night nihtlic niȝt niȝteschode noght not nyght nyȝtly
Descendants of tō
hiderto to to day today tofore togadere togedere together tomorn tomorwe