英语词汇nocturn的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	nocturn
词源	nocturn n. also nocturne, name of a division of the office of matins said just before daybreak (in the early Church a service recited after midnight), c. 1200, from Old French nocturne "evening service; curfew," from Medieval Latin nocturna, "group of Psalms used in the nocturns," from Latin nocturnus "pertaining or belonging to the night" (see nocturnal). Entries linking to nocturn nocturnal adj. "of or pertaining to the night, used or done at night," late 15c. (Caxton), 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. Related: Nocturnally. Nocturnal emission "involuntary ejaculation during sleep" is recorded by 1813. updated on July 01, 2019
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nocturn n.