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sennight

Meaningseven nights

Common meaning: a week (old-fashioned)

Journey through time

  1. Middle Englishseven night‘seven nights’source
  2. Middle Englishsenyghtsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsseven nights → a weeksennight‘a week (old-fashioned)’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English seofon + niht ‘seven + nights’.

Roots

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