Where does “noctuid” come from?
noctuid (English) comes from Translingual Noctuidae, from Translingual Noctua, from Latin Noctua, from Latin *noctūus, from Latin noctu, from Latin Nox, from Proto-Italic nokts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts — bare, naked.
noctuid (English): Any moth in the species-rich family Noctuidae
Definitions
- Any moth in the species-rich family Noctuidae
Ancestry of “noctuid”, step by step