A partial or afternoon period; something occurring in the afternoon (archaic or regional term).
Derived from Spanish or Portuguese 'afternoon' combined with English elements, or from 'after' plus 'noon,' showing linguistic borrowing.
This word is almost extinct, but it shows how languages mix—'afernan' sounds like it could be Spanish, Arabic, or old English, when it's actually a mix trying to describe that special 'after noon' time.
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