Where does “nuitard” come from?

nuitard (French) comes from French nuit, from Middle French nuyt, from Old French noit, from Latin Nox, from Proto-Italic nokts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

nuitard (French): a night-shift worker; a person who works at night

Definitions

  1. a night-shift worker; a person who works at night

Ancestry of “nuitard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnuitnight; third-person singular present indicative...
2Middle Frenchnuytnight
3Old Frenchnoitnight
4LatinNoxNight personification
5Proto-Italicnoktsnight
6Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
7Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Italic nokts →