From Latin nox (“night; darkness”), by analogy with lux from Latin lūx (“light; daylight, day”).
- What was Moon called in Latin?
- How do you say night in Old English?
- What is Latin for chaos?
- What is galactic in Latin?
What was Moon called in Latin?
Lunar comes from the Latin word luna, meaning moon. The Roman goddess of the moon is called Luna (Selene in Greek mythology).
How do you say night in Old English?
From Middle English nighte, night, nyght, niȝt, naht, from Old English niht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht (“night”), from Proto-Germanic *nahts (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”).
What is Latin for chaos?
From Late Latin chaoticus (“of or pertaining to the primordial state of the universe”), from Latin chaos (“chaos”) + -ticus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns); analysable as chaos + -otic.
What is galactic in Latin?
Etymology. borrowed from New Latin galacticus (taken as derivative of Galaxias "Milky Way"), borrowed from Greek galaktikós "milky," from galakt-, gála "milk" + -ikos -ic entry 1 — more at galaxy.