myEtymology.com: English etymology of nightgown

Etymology of the English word nightgown

the English word nightgown

derived from the English word gown

derived from the Old French word goune

derived from the Late Latin word gunna (skirt)

derived from the English word night

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nokʷt-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nekʷ-t-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *nakht-