daylight

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The natural light that comes from the sun during the day.

   The room was full of bright daylight.

2. 2
   noun

   The time of day when there is natural light.

   We should reach the camp before daylight fades.

From Middle English daye-lighte, dey liȝht, dailiȝt, day-liht, dai-liht (also as days lyȝt, daies liht), equivalent to day + light. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deegeslucht, Daisljoacht (“daylight”), West Frisian deiljocht (“daylight”), Dutch daglicht (“daylight”), German Tageslicht (“daylight”).

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