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- Latin · derived fromnocturnus“nocturnal, of the night”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromnocturna
- Middle English · inherited fromnocturne
- English todaynocturn
From Middle English nocturne, borrowed from Medieval Latin nocturna, noun use of the feminine form of Latin nocturnus (“nocturnal, of the night”), derived from nox (“night”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.