nox

nox · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*nókʷts
2. Proto-Italic*nok⁽ʷ⁾ts
3. Latinnox
4. English todaynox

Learned borrowing from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nok⁽ʷ⁾ts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

nox · noun²

1. Latin · borrowed fromnox“night; darkness”
2. English todaynox

From Latin nox (“night; darkness”), by analogy with lux from Latin lūx (“light; daylight, day”). Doublet of night.

nox · noun³

From N (“nitrogen”) + ox (“oxide”).

Nox · proper noun⁴

1. Latin · borrowed fromNox
2. Latin · borrowed fromNox
3. English todayNox

Borrowed from Latin Nox.

NOx · noun⁵

From N (“nitrogen”) + O (“oxygen”) + x (“x substitution value”).

NOx · noun⁶

From N (“nitrous”) + Ox (“oxygen”).

Words from the same roots