Etymology of night by etymonline

"the dark part of a day; the night as a unit of time; darkness," also "absence of spiritual illumination, moral darkness, ignorance," from Proto-Germanic * ...

Etymology of night-time by etymonline

night-time (n.) also nighttime, "the hours of darkness," late 13c., from night + time (n.). In the same sense Middle English had also nighter-tale (c. 1300).

night-night | Etymology of night-night by etymonline

night-night nursery talk, "good-night," 1896; form nighty-night is attested from 1876. also from 1896

Etymology of night-work by etymonline

"work done during the night," 1590s, from night + work (n.). Old English had nihtweorc. See origin and meaning of night-work.

Etymology of nightly by etymonline

Middle English nightli, from Old English nihtlic "nocturnal, at night, occurring during or characteristic of the night;" see night + -ly (1).

Etymology of night-light by etymonline

night-light (n.) 1640s, "faint light visible in the sky at night," from night + light (n.). As "small light used in rooms at night to keep them ...

Etymology of night-watch by etymonline

"a watching, state of being or remaining awake, wakefulness;" also "act or practice of refraining from sleep for devotional or penitential purposes;"

good-night | Etymology of good-night by etymonline

Origin of good-night: phrase in parting for the evening or retiring to sleep, c. 1200, from good (adj.) + night. As an exclamation of su .

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"Night" = Old English niht, from Proto-Germanic *nakht-, from Proto-Indo-European *nekwt- "night." "Eight" = Old English eahta, from Proto- ...

Etymology of twi-night by etymonline

Origin of twi-night: 1939, in reference to evening double-header baseball games, from twilight + night. ... See more.

nite | Etymology of nite by etymonline

nite (n.) arbitrary respelling of night, attested by 1920. OED calls it "A widespread vulgarism." It appears earlier in humorous representations ...

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It's not uncommon to meet a message board comment dismissing etymonline as "just plagiarized from the OED." So it's good from time to time to ...

"Goodbye" = "God be with you" : r/etymology - Reddit

... night or good morning {sources: wiktionary, etymonline}. Is this construction possibly related to the French adieu {which wiktionary ...

What is the etymology of the word 'night'? Why do we say ... - Quora

It was most likely brought to England by the Angles or the Saxons and is a cognate with the modern German word “nacht”.

Etymology of nocturn by etymonline

(Caxton), from Old French nocturnal "nightly, nocturnal," or directly from Late Latin nocturnalis, from Latin nocturnus "belonging to the night, ...

night - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Middle English nighte, night, nyght, niȝt, naht, from Old English niht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht (“night”), from Proto-Germanic *nahts (“night”), ...

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It originally means servant for the most part in Old English as well, as cniht. However, its general sense of meaning in those Germanic ...

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noct- | Etymology of noct- by etymonline

"night, by night, at night," from Latin nox (genitive noctis) "night," from PIE *nekwt-… See origin and meaning of noct-.

Night - expansion, etymology, relationship with languages.

I wonder what language ''triggered'' the expansion of the word ''night''. In many languages the word begins with n- and share common vowels like ...