We explain what morning and evening mean, and when each can be applied. Also, what morning and evening people are like.
What does morning and evening mean?
The terms morning and evening refer, respectively, to what refers to morning time and what refers to afternoon time. These are two terms from Latin morning (“in the morning”), and vespertinus (“of the afternoon”), derived from the first of Matuta (Mater Matuta), the Roman deity associated with the morning and venerated every June 11 by married Roman women; and the second of vesper (“sunset”), where the word “eve” also comes from.
Therefore, morning affairs are those that are typical of the morningor that are normally carried out at the beginning of the day; while Evening affairs are typical of the afternoon or the beginning of the night. These terms are widely used to designate the schedules of shows (such as cinema and theater, for example, in the “afternoon show”), radio and TV broadcasts (for example, in the “morning programming”) , or school and work schedules (the “morning shift”, for example).
It is important to note that There are no concrete and specific schedules associated with each termbut these refer to “the morning” and “the afternoon” in very general terms that can imply different times.
See also: Am and pm
Morning people and evening people
Some people achieve their greatest performance in the mornings and during the rest of the day they weaken or disperse, while others work in the opposite way. That is why we usually differentiate between people with morning habits (morning or morning people) and people with evening habits (afternoon or night people), depending on which time period has the greatest energy, activity and ability to concentrate.
It is thought that this difference between people It has to do with the production of melatonin in each person's body.: a protein linked to the deep states of sleep and that is secreted, precisely, during the moment of rest, whether in the early or late stages of the sleep cycle. This is regulated, according to the research of Joseph Takahashi in 1997, by a specific gene in the genetic information.
Thus, What distinguishes morning people is that they secrete this compound at the beginning of the sleep cycle.thus allowing yourself to rest deeply for longer; while Evening people secrete it at the end of the sleep cycle, which is why they usually wake up drowsy. and without energy, ready for a rest that paradoxically they already had. This is why evening people improve their performance as the hours go by, while morning people's performance worsens as they run out of energy.
References
- “Matutino, na” in the Language Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy.
- “Evening, na” in the Dictionary of the Language of the Royal Spanish Academy.
- “Etymology of Matutino” in the Online Spanish Etymological Dictionary.
- “Etymology of Evening” in the Online Spanish Etymological Dictionary.
