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Where does “noitada” come from?

noitada (Portuguese) comes from Galician noite, from Old Portuguese noite, from Latin Nox, from Proto-Italic nokts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

noitada (Portuguese): night; all-nighter

Definitions

  1. night; all-nighter

Ancestry of “noitada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciannoitenight; period of dark, when the sun is below the...
2Old Portuguesenoitenight
3LatinNox—
4Proto-Italicnokts—
5Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
6Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
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