noctilucent的词源

英文词源

noctilucent cloud

"A luminous cloud of a kind occasionally seen at night in summer in high latitudes, at the altitude of the mesopause", Late 19th century: from Latin nox, noct- 'night' + lucere 'to shine' + -ent.

中文词源

noctilucent：生物发光的，夜发光的

-noct-(夜)来源于原始印欧语nokt。

词根词缀： -noct-夜 + -i- + -luc-光,照 + -ent形容词词尾

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：noctilucent 词源，noctilucent 含义。