Where does “all-nighter” come from?
all-nighter (English) comes from English all-night, from English night, from Middle English nyght, from Middle English nighte, from Old English nyht, from Proto-West Germanic naht, from Proto-Germanic nahts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts — bare, naked.
all-nighter (English): Something that lasts throughout the whole night;...
Definitions
- Something that lasts throughout the whole night;...
Ancestry of “all-nighter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | all-night | Lasting throughout the whole night |
| 2 | English | night | The period between sunset and sunrise, when a... |
| 3 | Middle English | nyght | Alternative form of nighte; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | Middle English | nighte | night |
| 5 | Old English | nyht | Alternative form of niht |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | naht | night |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nahts | night |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nókʷts | night |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |