Where does “nerveus” come from?

nerveus (Dutch) comes from French nerveux, from Middle French nerfveux, from Old French nerveus, from Latin nervosus, from Latin nervus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-.

nerveus (Dutch): nervous, anxious, jumpy

Definitions

  1. nervous, anxious, jumpy

Ancestry of “nerveus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnerveuxnervous
2Middle Frenchnerfveuxsinew; tendon
3Old Frenchnerveussinew; tendon
4Latinnervosussinewy; nervous; vigorous, energetic
5LatinnervusA sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or...
6Proto-Indo-European(s)new-—

Words derived from “nerveus”

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