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Where does “innerve” come from?

innerve (English) comes from English nerve, from Middle English nerve, from Medieval Latin nervus, from Latin nervus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-.

innerve (English): To imbue with nervous energy; to give increased...

Definitions

  1. To imbue with nervous energy; to give increased...

Ancestry of “innerve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnerveA bundle of neurons with their connective tissue...
2Middle Englishnerve—
3Medieval Latinnervusnerve; A sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord,...
4LatinnervusA sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)new-—
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