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Morning is the period of time between midnight and noon or, more commonly, the interval between sunrise and noon. 〔Online Dictionary Definitions of "morning" *(Oxford Dictionary ) *(Cambridge Dictionary ) *(Merriam-Webster's Dictionary ) *(The Free Dictionary )〕 Morning precedes afternoon, evening, and night in the sequence of a day. Originally, the term referred to sunrise. ==Etymology== The name (which comes from the Middle English word ''morwening'') was formed from the analogy of evening using the word "morn" (in Middle English ''morwen''), and originally meant the coming of the sunrise as evening meant the beginning of the close of the day. The Middle English ''morwen'' dropped over time and became ''morwe'', then eventually ''morrow'', which properly means "morning", but was soon used to refer to the following day (i.e., "tomorrow"), as in other Germanic languages—English is unique in restricting the word to the newer usage.〔(Origin of the phrase "Good Morning )〕〔(Etymology of the word "morning )〕 The Spanish word "''mañana''" has two meanings in English: "morning," and "tomorrow," along with the word "''morgen''" in Dutch and German which also means both "morning," and "tomorrow." Max Weber, (General Economic History, pp23) states that the English word "morning" and the German word "Morgen" both signify the size of land strip "which an ox could plow in a day without giving out". "Tagwerk" in German, and "a day's work" in English mean the same. A Good morning in this sense might mean a good day's plow. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「morning」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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