Where does “noctuine” come from?

noctuine (English) comes from Translingual Noctuinae, 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.

noctuine (English): Any moth in the subfamily Noctuinae

Definitions

  1. Any moth in the subfamily Noctuinae

Ancestry of “noctuine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualNoctuinaesubfamily
2TranslingualNoctuagenus moths}}
3LatinNoctuaowl (small)
4Latin*noctūus—
5Latinnoctuby night, at night
6LatinNoxNight personification
7Proto-Italicnoktsnight
8Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
9Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →