Morn

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /mɔːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)n

Origin

From Middle English mōrn, morwen, from Old English morġen, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz (compare West Frisian moarn, Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, German Morgen, Danish morgen, Norwegian morgon), from pre-Germanic *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko (compare Welsh bore ‘morning’, Lithuanian mérkti ‘to blink, twinkle’, Skt márīcih ‘ray of light’), from *mer- ‘to shimmer, glisten’ (compare Greek μέρα ‘morning’). See also morrow, morning.

Full definition of morn

Noun

1. (now poetic) Morning.
• William Shakespeare, , lines 165-168,But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad,
  Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill.
  Break we our watch up, and by my advice,
  Let us impart what we have seen tonight

Related terms

• morning
• morrow

Anagrams

• norm, Norm