Etymology

nightie

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Today it means: A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed. Full definition →

English night ← Middle English nyght ← Old English niht
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nightie · noun1

From night + -ie (diminutive suffix).

nightie · phrase2

  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. English todaynightie

From night + -ie (suffix forming colloquialisms).

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