Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*nókʷts
6 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts, most common first.
- nightThe time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
- equinoxOne of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other.
- nocturnalOf a person, creature, group, or species, primarily active during the night.
- notturnoA nocturne.
- noctuleA bat, of the genus Nyctalus, that lives in tree hollows.
- sennightSynonym of week in its various senses, a period of seven consecutive days and nights.