Where does “minui” come from?
minui (Réunion Creole French) comes from French minuit, from Middle French mynuyt, from Old French mie nuit, from Old French nuit, from Latin noctem, from Latin Nox, from Proto-Italic nokts, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts — bare, naked.
minui (Réunion Creole French): midnight
Definitions
- midnight
Ancestry of “minui”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | minuit | midnight |
| 2 | Middle French | mynuyt | midnight |
| 3 | Old French | mie nuit | midnight |
| 4 | Old French | nuit | Alternative form of noit; night |
| 5 | Latin | noctem | accusative singular of nox |
| 6 | Latin | Nox | Night personification |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | nokts | night |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nókʷts | night |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |