notturno

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*nókʷts
2. Latin · derived fromnocturnus
3. Italian · borrowed fromnotturno“nocturnal, nightly”
4. English todaynotturno

Borrowed from Italian notturno (“nocturnal, nightly”), from Latin nocturnus, from noctū (“by night”), from nox (“night”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Doublet of nocturne.

Words from the same roots