Where does “nerveusement” come from?

nerveusement (French) comes from French nerveuse, from French nerveux, from Middle French nerfveux, from Old French nerveus, from Latin nervosus, from Latin nervus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-.

nerveusement (French): nervously

Definitions

  1. nervously

Ancestry of “nerveusement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnerveusefeminine singular of nerveux
2Frenchnerveuxnervous
3Middle Frenchnerfveuxsinew; tendon
4Old Frenchnerveussinew; tendon
5Latinnervosussinewy; nervous; vigorous, energetic
6LatinnervusA sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or...
7Proto-Indo-European(s)new-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-Every word from Latin nervusEvery word from Latin nervosus
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