From Middle English nightwacche, nyȝt-wacche, nyghte wacche, nyȝt wacche, from Old English nihtwæċċe, a variant of nihtwacu, equivalent to night + watch. Cognate with West Frisian nachtwacht, Dutch nachtwacht, nachtwake, German Nachtwache and Nachtwächter, Swedish nattvakt, Icelandic næturvakt.
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