Where does “énurésie nocturne” come from?

énurésie nocturne (French) comes from French nocturne, from Latin nocturnus, from Latin Nox, from Proto-Italic nokts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

énurésie nocturne (French): bedwetting

Definitions

  1. bedwetting

Ancestry of “énurésie nocturne”, step by step

énurésie nocturne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French nocturne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnocturnenocturnal; of night; nocturne
2LatinnocturnusOf or belonging to the night, nocturnal
3LatinNoxNight personification
4Proto-Italicnoktsnight
5Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
6Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

via French énurésie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchénurésiebedwetting, enuresis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷtsEvery word from Proto-Italic nokts