eve

Meanings

1. The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
2. Evening, night.
3. The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced

1. The first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife.
2. An unspecified primordial woman, from whom many or all people are descended.
3. A female given name from Hebrew.
4. An unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Missouri, United States.

1. A conventional name for an agent attempting to intercept a message sent by Alice that is intended for Bob.

1. An English surname.

1. Alternative spelling of Ewe.

1. Abbreviation of endogenous viral element.

Etymology

From a variant of the Middle English noun even (itself from Old English ǣfen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n', which was mistaken for an inflection. See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source. In medieval Europe, days were considered to extend from sunset to sunset rather than midnight to midnight, so the night before a holiday was considered part of it, hence its "eve".