Where does “nuance” come from?

nuance (Danish) comes from French nuancé, from French nuer, from French nue, from Middle French nue, from Old French nue, from Vulgar Latin nuba, from Latin nūbēs, from Proto-Indo-European (s)newdʰ- — to cover.

nuance (Danish): nuance very little difference between two colours

Definitions

  1. nuance very little difference between two colours

Ancestry of “nuance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnuancépast participle of nuancer; nuanced
2Frenchnuerto match, match up
3Frenchnuefeminine singular of nu; cloud
4Middle Frenchnuecloud
5Old Frenchnuecloud
6Vulgar Latinnuba—
7Latinnūbēscloud
8Proto-Indo-European(s)newdʰ-to cover

Words derived from “nuance”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)newdʰ- →Every word from Latin nūbēs →Every word from Vulgar Latin nuba →