Where does “night jasmine” come from?
night jasmine (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.
night jasmine (English): Any plant of species Nyctanthes arbor-tristis
Definitions
- Any plant of species Nyctanthes arbor-tristis
Ancestry of “night jasmine”, step by step
night jasmine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English night
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | night | The period between sunset and sunrise, when a... |
| 2 | Middle English | nyght | Alternative form of nighte; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Middle English | nighte | night |
| 4 | Old English | nyht | Alternative form of niht |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | naht | night |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nahts | night |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | nókʷts | night |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |
via English Jasmine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Jasmine | Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers |
| 2 | French | Jasmin | a rare masculine form of Jasmine |
| 3 | Spanish | jazmín | jasmine |
| 4 | Arabic | يَاسَمِين | — |
| 5 | Persian | یاسمین | — |
| 6 | Persian | یاسمن | jasmine flower |
| 7 | Middle Persian | yʾsmn' | jasmine |