NIGHT  , that See also:

• PART

part of the natural See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day of twenty-four See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours during which the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun is below the See also:

• HORIZON (Gr. 6pfTwv, dividing)

horizon, the dark part of the day from sunset to sunrise (see DAY) . The word in O . Eng. takes two forms, neaht and night, the latter See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form apparently being established by about the loth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The word is See also:

• COMMON

common in varying forms to Indo-See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages . The See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root is usually taken to be nak-, to perish, the word meaning the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time when the See also:

• LIGHT

light fails (cf . Gr . 4icos, See also:

• LAT

Lat. nex, See also:

• DEATH

death, nocere, to hurt) . It was customary to reckon periods of time by nights, and we still use " fortnight " (O . Eng. feowertyne niht, fourteen nights), but " se'n-night " (seven nights) has been displaced by " See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week " (q.v.) .