Etymology

nightclub

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Today it means: A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music or dancing. Full definition →

English club ← Middle English clubbe ← Old Norse klubba
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nókʷts
  2. Proto-Germanic*nahts
  3. Proto-West Germanic*naht
  4. Proto-West Germanic*nahti
  5. Old Englishniht
  6. Middle Englishnyght
  7. Englishnight
  8. Proto-Germanic*klumpô
  9. Old Norseklubba
  10. Middle Englishclubbe
  11. Englishclub
  12. English todaynightclub

From night + club.

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