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sunrise (n.)
mid-15c., from
sun
(n.) +
rise
(v.); perhaps it evolved from a Middle English subjunctive, such as
before the sun rise
. Earlier in same sense were
sunrist
(mid-14c.);
sunrising
(mid-13c.). Compare
sunset
.
