tomorwen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === tomorewen, to-moroun, to-morwen tomoregan, to-moreuin, to-morgen, to-morȝen (Early Middle English) tomorwyn (East Anglia); to-morowne (Leicestershire); tomorn, to-morn, tomorne, to-morne, to morne (especially Northern, North Midland) te-maruuen, to-marewene, tomarȝan, to-marȝen, to marhen, to marwen, to-mærȝen (Early Middle English, West Midland) === Etymology === From Old English tō morgne (“tomorrow”), from tō (“at, on”) + morgene, mergen (dative of morgen (“morning”)), from Proto-Germanic *murganaz (“morning”), perhaps, from Proto-Indo-European *mergʰ- (“to blink, to twinkle”). Equivalent to to- +‎ morwen and a doublet of tomorwe; for forms such as tomorn, see morwen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /toːˈmɔrwən/, /toːˈmɔrɔu̯ən/, /toːˈmɔrun/, /tɔ-/ IPA(key): /toːˈmɔriu̯ən/, /tɔ-/ (especially Kent, Southern, South Midland) IPA(key): /toːˈmoːrn/, /toːˈmɔrn/, /tɔ-/ (with contraction, especially Northern or Late Middle English) === Adverb === tomorwen On the day after today; tomorrow. Sometime in the future. ==== Descendants ==== English: tomorn (dialectal) Middle Scots: to morn, to morne === Noun === tomorwen (uncountable) The day after today; tomorrow. A time in the future. ==== Descendants ==== English: tomorn (dialectal) Middle Scots: to morn, to morne === Adjective === tomorwen (rare) Belonging to the day after today; tomorrow's. === References === “tọ̄̆mō̆rn, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.