Where does “nightmarishly” come from?
nightmarishly (English) comes from English nightmarish, from English nightmare, from English night, from Middle English nyght, from Middle English nighte, from Old English nyht, from Proto-West Germanic naht, from Proto-Germanic nahts — bare, naked.
nightmarishly (English): In a nightmarish manner
Ancestry of “nightmarishly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | nightmarish | Resembling a nightmare |
| 2 | English | nightmare | A demon or monster, thought to plague people... |
| 3 | English | night | The period between sunset and sunrise, when a... |
| 4 | Middle English | nyght | Alternative form of nighte; Alternative form of... |
| 5 | Middle English | nighte | night |
| 6 | Old English | nyht | Alternative form of niht |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | naht | night |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | nahts | night |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | nókʷts | night |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |