ENGLISH ROOT WORD: night "night." from Old English niht, neaht, næht, neht, nihte

【night】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "niht," "neaht," "næht," "neht," and "nihte." It carries the basic meaning of "night."

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "night"]

night ****[225] the darkness that occurs during the nighttime
nightmare ***[2537] A nightmare is a very frightening dream.
overnight ***[3297] for or during the entire night
tonight ***[693] on this night or on the night following this day

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[WORD ROOT]root night
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] night
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) niht, neaht, næht, neht, nihte
[MEANING]root night

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Old English】 niht (dative) (Anglo-Saxon) the dark part of a day; the night as a unit of time; darkness; (also) absence of spiritual illumination, moral darkness, ignorance
• 【Old English】 neaht [=niht] (West Saxon) night
• 【Old English】 næht (Anglian) night
• 【Old English】 neht (Anglian) night
• 【Old English】 nihte (genitive) night

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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night ★★★★[225] noun from night
【DEFINITION】 ① the time of darkness between one day and the next; the part of the day when no light from the sun can be seen and most people and animals sleep
② the darkness that occurs during the nighttime
③ the final part of the day that is usually after work, school, etc., and before you go to bed; the early part of the night; evening
【pl.】 nights
【ROOTs】 night; night
【Etymology】 《Old English niht》 (dative) (Anglo-Saxon) the dark part of a day; the night as a unit of time; darkness; (also) absence of spiritual illumination, moral darkness, ignorance

nightmare ★★★[2537] noun from nightmare 〈 mare
【DEFINITION】 A nightmare is a very frightening dream.
【pl.】 nightmares
【COMPOSITION】 night + mare
【ROOTs】 ⑴ night; night ⑵ mare; mare
【Etymology】 《Old English meare》 [fem, of mearh] female of the horse or any other equine animal
【First Known Meaning】 an evil female spirit afflicting men (or horses) in their sleep with a feeling of suffocation
【DERIVATIVEs】 nightmarish, nightmarishly, nightmarishness, nightmare

overnight ★★★[3297] adverb from overnight 〈 night
【DEFINITION】 ① for or during the entire night
② very quickly or suddenly
【COMPOSITION】 over + night
【ROOTs】 ⑴ over; over ⑵ night; night
【Etymology】 《Old English niht》 (dative) (Anglo-Saxon) the dark part of a day; the night as a unit of time; darkness; (also) absence of spiritual illumination, moral darkness, ignorance

tonight ★★★[693] adverb from tonight 〈 night
【DEFINITION】 on this night or on the night following this day
【COMPOSITION】 to + night
【ROOTs】 ⑴ to; to ⑵ night; night
【Etymology】 《Old English to niht》 [to+niht]
【First Known Meaning】 in the coming night,

Other words containing "night"; benight, benighted, benightedly, benightedness, nightmarish, nightmarishly, nightmarishness

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

new
net
nerv
neg
nect
near
nav
nati-, nasc-, nat-
name
must, meet

 

 

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