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nocturn

Meaningbelonging to night

Common meaning: night prayer service

Journey through time

  1. Latinnocturnus‘belonging to night’source
  2. Late Latinxocturna‘a nocturn’source
  3. Frenchmeaning shiftsbelonging to night → nocturnalnocturn‘nocturnal’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsnocturnal → night prayer servicenocturn‘night prayer service’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin nocturnus ‘belonging to night’.

Roots

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