overnight

English

adv

Definitions

During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
(figurative) In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English overnyght inherited from Old English ofer niht (overnight, through the night) affix from English over (shore, riverbank) + English night (noun sense, the conventional time for a person to be in bed, verb sense).

Origin

English

night

Gloss

noun sense, the conventional time for a person to be in bed, verb sense

Timeline

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Cognates and derived terms

Cracker Night English
all-night English
all-over English
allover English
alnight English
anight English
arcover English
backover English
barnight English
benight English
birthnight English
boilover English
cabover English
carryover English
changeover English
coilover English
combover English
comeover English
cutover English
evennight English
failover English
flashover English
flopover English
foldover English
forenight English
fortnight English
goodnight English
hangover English
holinight English
internight English
intranight English
kickover English
layover English
liftover English
lookover English
midnight English
moreover English
mouseover English
multinight English
night English
night fear English
night watch English
night-bright English
night-fear English
night-rail English
nightbreak English
nightcap English
nightclothes English
nightclub English
nightcore English
nightcrawler English
nightdream English
nightdreaming English
nightdress English
nighted English
nighten English
nighter English
nightery English
nightfall English
nightfaring English
nightfear English
nightfire English
nightfright English
nightful English
nightgear English
nightglow English
nightgown English
nightguard English
nighthawk English
nightie English
nightingale English
nightish English
nightlamp English
nightless English
nightlife English
nightlight English
nightlike English
nightline English
nightlong English
nightly English
nightman English
nightmarcher English
nightmare English
nightpiece English
nightrider English
nightrobe English
nights English
nightscape English
nightscope English
nightshade English
nightshining English
nightshirt English
nightside English
nightspot English
nightstand English
nightstick English
nightstool English
nightsuit English
nighttide English
nighttime English
nightwalker English
nightwandering English
nightward English
nightwards English
nightwatch English
nightwatchman English
nightwear English
nightwork English
nighty English
nonovernight English
outnight English
over English
over-industrious English
overage English
overall English
overfrank English
overheight English
overish English
overland English
overleaf English
overlength English
overling English
overloading English
overly English
overmore English
overmost English
overness English
overnighter English
overpopulate English
overrobe English
oversea English
overside English
oversman English
oversocks English
overwidth English
paintover English
paynight English
pushover English
rockover English
rollover English
sleepover English
slipover English
spillover English
standover English
stayover English
stepover English
stopover English
strikeover English
switchover English
takeover English
thereover English
to-night English
turnover English
typeover English
voice-over English
walkover English
washover English
watchnight English
weeknight English
whereover English
wingover English
winterover English
worknight English
workover English
wrapover English
yarnover English
yesternight English
night Italian
night Portuguese
オーバー Japanese
ナイト Japanese
ofer niht Old English
nighte Middle English
over Middle English
overnyght Middle English
เว่อร์ Thai
나이트 Korean
nait Tok Pisin
abra Sranan Tongo
naet Pijin