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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morning gift

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables
morn-ing gift
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gift traditionally given in some (especially Germanic) cultures by the husband to his wife on the first morning after they were married.

Etymology

Normalisation (after morning and gift) of Middle English morgengive, morhȝive, from Old English morgenġifu, morgenġiefu (“morning gift”), from Proto-Germanic *murgnagebō (“morning gift”), equivalent to morning + gift. Cognate with Dutch morgengave (“morning gift”), German Morgengabe (“morning gift”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: morgengive, morgenġifu, *murgnagebō

Inflected Forms

morning gifts (plural) morning-gift (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

morganatic

Questions

What does morning gift mean?
A gift traditionally given in some (especially Germanic) cultures by the husband to his wife on the first morning after they were married.
Where does morning gift come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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