Where does “tagnokto” come from?

tagnokto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto nokto, from Latin Nox, from Proto-Italic nokts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

tagnokto (Esperanto): nychthemeron, one day and one night, 24 hours

Definitions

  1. nychthemeron, one day and one night, 24 hours

Ancestry of “tagnokto”, step by step

tagnokto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto nokto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantonoktonight
2LatinNoxNight personification
3Proto-Italicnoktsnight
4Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
5Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

via Esperanto tago

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotagoday
2Germantagsingular imperative of tagen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Italic nokts →