morning
MOR-ning · noun
Middle EnglishEnglish
Origin
Morning comes from Middle English morwenynge, built from morwen plus the suffix -ynge. Looked at plainly, it's just morn plus -ing.
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Related words
It shares roots with morrow, which comes from the same Middle English morwe.