Dictionary entry

Even

Webster's Dictionary 1913

E″ven (ēv″'n) n. [OE. eve, even, efen, æfen. AS. ǣfen; akin to OS. āband, OFries, āvend, D. avond, OHG. āband, Icel. aptan, Sw. afton, Dan. aften; of unknown origin. Cf. Eve, Evening.] Evening. See Eve, n. 1. Shak.