nocturnal的词源

英文词源

nocturnal

nocturnal: see night

nocturnal (adj.)

late 15c., from Old French nocturnal "nightly, nocturnal," or directly from Late Latin nocturnalis, from Latin nocturnus "belonging to the night," from nox (genitive noctis) "night," cognate with Old English neaht (see night) + -urnus, suffix forming adjectives of time. Nocturnal emission "involuntary ejaculation during sleep" first recorded 1813.

中文词源

nocturnal：夜间的

来自拉丁语nocturnus,夜间的，词源同night,-urn,形容词后缀。

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