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Encyclopedia Britannica



NIGHT

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 684 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NEW-NUM
NIGHT , that
part
  of the natural day of twenty-four
hours
  during which the sun is below the 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 form apparently being established by about the loth
century
 . The word is common in varying forms to Indo-
European
 
languages
 . The root is usually taken to be nak-, to perish, the word meaning the
time
  when the
light
  fails (cf. Gr. 4icos, Lat. nex, 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 "
week
  " (q.v.).


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