- nocturnal
[nocturnal 词源字典]
- nocturnal: see night
[nocturnal etymology, nocturnal origin, 英语词源] - 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.