− | French soirée evening period, evening party, from Middle French, from soir evening, from [[Latin]] sero at a late hour, from serus late; akin to Old Irish sír long, lasting and perhaps to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] sīth late | + | French soirée evening period, evening party, from Middle French, from soir evening, from [[Latin]] sero at a late hour, from serus late; akin to Old Irish sír long, lasting and perhaps to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] sīth late |