atardecer

to draw towards evening, to grow late, to get dark

Etymology tree Spanish a- Spanish tarde Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Old Spanish -ecer Spanish -ecer Spanish atardecer From a- + tarde (“late afternoon”) + -ecer.

late afternoon, sunset, dusk, evenfall, nightfall

Etymology tree Spanish a- Spanish tarde Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Old Spanish -ecer Spanish -ecer Spanish atardecer From a- + tarde (“late afternoon”) + -ecer.