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Where does “nudation” come from?

nudation (English) comes from Latin nudatio, from Latin nudare, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Italic nogʷedos, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷedós, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

nudation (English): The act of stripping, or making bare or naked

Definitions

  1. The act of stripping, or making bare or naked

Ancestry of “nudation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnudatio—
2Latinnudarepresent active infinitive of nūdō; second-person...
3Latinnūdus—
4Proto-Italicnogʷedosnaked
5Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷedós—
6Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
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