Where does “naseau” come from?

naseau (French) comes from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

naseau (French): the nostril of an animal

Definitions

  1. the nostril of an animal

Ancestry of “naseau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinnāsusThe nose
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin nāsus →