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Where does “noapte” come from?

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

noapte (Romanian): night

Definitions

  1. night

Ancestry of “noapte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinNox—
2Proto-Italicnokts—
3Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
4Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “noapte”

  • înnoptare
  • înnopta
  • nopticoasă
  • noapte bună
  • azi noapte
  • noptatic
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