Where does “nerveless” come from?

Nerveless comes from Middle English nerveles, from Latin nervus meaning sinew or tendon, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European snḗh₁wr̥ and lewH-.

nerveless (English): Lacking nerve: fearful; cowardly; Lacking a...

Definitions

  1. Lacking nerve: fearful; cowardly; Lacking a...

Ancestry of “nerveless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-less(something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun
2Middle English-lesLacking (something); without (something)
3Turkish-lewith, shortened form of ile; by, shortened form...
4Turkishilewith; and
5Ottoman Turkishایلهby
6Old Anatolian Turkishاِیلَه—
7Proto-Turkicbilewith, together, also

Words derived from “nerveless”

Every word from Proto-Turkic bile →Every word from English -less →Every word from Middle English -les →