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Where does “rectinerved” come from?

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

rectinerved (English): Having straight veins or nerves

Definitions

  1. Having straight veins or nerves

Ancestry of “rectinerved”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishnervedsimple past tense and past participle of nerve;...
2EnglishnerveA bundle of neurons with their connective tissue...
3Middle Englishnerve—
4Medieval Latinnervusnerve; A sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord,...
5LatinnervusA sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or...
6Proto-Indo-European(s)new-—
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