Where does “noche” come from?

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

noche (Old Spanish): night

Definitions

  1. night

Ancestry of “noche”, step by step

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

Words derived from “noche”

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