nocturnal

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*nókʷts“night”
2. Latin · derived fromnox“night”
3. Latin · derived fromnocturnus“nocturnal”
4. Late Latin · derived fromnocturnālis“nocturnal”
5. Middle French · borrowed fromnocturnal
6. English todaynocturnal

From Middle French nocturnal, from Late Latin nocturnālis (“nocturnal”), from Latin nocturnus (“nocturnal”), from Latin nox (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognates include Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti), Old English niht (English night) and Proto-Slavic *noťь.

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