noon

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 441 words | Copyright

noon †ninth hour of the day reckoned from sunrise, 3 p.m.; †office of nones OE.; †midday meal XII; midday XIII. OE. nōn, corr. to OS. nōn(e), (M)Du. noen, OHG. nona (G. none), ON. nōn — L. nōna, fem. sg. of nōnus ninth (see NINE); cf. NONES. The common phr. (be)fore noon, after noon have given rise to the sbs. FORENOON, AFTERNOON.
Hence noonday XV. noontide OE. nōntīd.

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