noctiluca
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (literally) Something which shines by night.
- The Moon.
- (countable) A candle, a lamp, a lantern
Etymology
Affix from Latin nox (night, darkness) + Latin luceō (shine).
Origin
Latin
luceō
Gloss
shine
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- noctambulation English
- noctidial English
- noctograph English
- noctovision English
- nocturia English
- abnocto Latin
- aequinoctium Latin
- luceō Latin
- noctanter Latin
- noctesco Latin
- nocticola Latin
- noctivagus Latin
- noctividus Latin
- nocturnus Latin
- nox Latin
- *nókʷts Proto-Indo-European
- noctívago Portuguese
- *noxs Proto-Celtic
- noih Old Occitan
- neut Bourguignon
- nos Middle Welsh
- nuet Franco-Provençal
- nòta Romagnol