Where does “aequinoctium” come from?

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

aequinoctium (Latin): equinox

Definitions

  1. equinox

Ancestry of “aequinoctium”, step by step

aequinoctium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Nox

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

via Latin æquus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinæquusequal
2Latinvocāre—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “aequinoctium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts →Every word from Proto-Italic nokts →