Where does “nuit” come from?

nuit (Réunion Creole 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.

nuit (Réunion Creole French): night

Definitions

  1. night

Ancestry of “nuit”, 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 →