Morn
/mɔːrn/noun
Poetic or literary word for morning.
Did you know?Morn is an old poetic shortening of “morning,” and its deeper history goes back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to remain” or “stay,” as if dawn is the part of night that lingers.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*rem-
“to stay, remain”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*murganaz
“morning”
Old English
OE
morgen
“morning, the early part of the day”
Middle English
ME
morn
“morning; dawn”
Modern English
English
morn
“poetic or dialectal form of morning”