Even Definition

Origin of Even

• From Middle English, from Old English efen, efn, emn (“even, equal, like, level, just, impartial, true”), from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz (“flat, level, even; equal, straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)emno- (“equal, straight; flat, level, even”). Cognate with West Frisian even (“even”), Low German even (“even”), Dutch even (“even, equal, same”), effen, German eben (“even, flat, level”), Danish jævn (“even, flat, smooth”), Swedish jämn (“even, level, smooth”), Icelandic jafn, jamn (“even, equal”), Old Cornish eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Vocabularium Cornicum eun-hinsic (“iustus, i. e., just”)), Old Breton eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Eutychius Glossary eunt (“aequus, i. e., equal”)), Middle Breton effn, Breton eeun, Sanskrit अस्नस् (amnás, “(adverb) just, just now; at once”).

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• From Middle English even-, efen-, from Old English efen- (“equal, fellow-, co-”), from Proto-Germanic *ebna- (“like-, level, equal-”); same as Old English efen (“equal, even, level”). More at even. Cognate with Scots evin- (“equal-”), Old Frisian ivin-, evn- (“even-”), Old High German eban- (“even-”).

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• The traditional proposal connecting the Germanic adjective with the root Proto-Indo-European *(H)aim-, *h₂eim-, *(H)iem- (“similarity, resemblance”) (Latin imāgō (“picture, image, likeness, copy”), Latin aemulus (“competitor, rival”), Sanskrit यमस् (yamás, “pair, twin”)) is problematic from a phonological point of view.

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• From Middle English even, from Old English ǣfen, from Proto-Germanic *ēbandaz. Cognate with Dutch avond, Low German Avend, German Abend, Danish aften. See also the related terms eve and evening.

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• Middle English from Old English efen

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English from Old English ǣfen

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Old English efen.

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