Where does “nerviós” come from?

nerviós (Catalan) comes from Catalan nervi, from Vulgar Latin nervium, from Latin nervus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-.

nerviós (Catalan): nervous

Definitions

  1. nervous

Ancestry of “nerviós”, step by step

nerviós traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan nervi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalannervinerve
2Vulgar Latinnervium—
3LatinnervusA sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)new-—

via Catalan ós

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanósbear
2Latinursusa bear
3Proto-Italic*orsos—

Words derived from “nerviós”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)new- →Every word from Latin nervus →Every word from Vulgar Latin nervium →