## Etymology
Gerund/participle of the verb dawn, from Middle English dawnen, a back-formation from dawning, ultimately from Old English dagung ('dawn'), from dæg ('day'). Used figuratively of any first appearance or beginning.

## AI Etymology
Dawning has the etymological history Gerund/participle of the verb dawn, from Middle English dawnen, a back-formation from dawning, ultimately from Old English dagung ('dawn'), from dæg ('day'). Used figuratively of any first appearance or beginning. The ancestry passes through Old English dagung and Old English dæg. In present use as noun and adjective, it means "the beginning or first appearance of something", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. The figurative development named in the history lets the word move from a concrete base into a broader descriptive use. Related words include dawn and dawned.

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