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Where does “noce” come from?

noce (French) comes from Old French noce, from Vulgar Latin noptias, from Latin nūptiae, from Latin nūpta, from Latin nūptus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

noce (French): wedding; wedding party, reception; party,...

Definitions

  1. wedding; wedding party, reception; party,...

Ancestry of “noce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnoce—
2Vulgar Latinnoptias—
3Latinnūptiae—
4Latinnūpta—
5Latinnūptus—
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus—
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →