Gloaming
/ˈɡloʊ.mɪŋ/noun
Twilight or dusk, especially the time just after sunset.
Did you know?Gloaming is an old poetic word that survives from Old English, and it’s one of those rare English terms for twilight that carries a distinctly haunted, almost enchanted mood.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʰel-
“to shine; to be bright or yellowish”
Old English
OE
glōm
“twilight; gloom, darkness”
Old English
OE
glōmian
“to grow dark, become dusk”
Middle English
ME
gloaming
“twilight; evening dusk”
Modern English
EN
gloaming
“twilight or dusk”