Where does “nerveux” come from?
nerveux (French) comes from Middle French nerfveux, from Old French nerveus, from Latin nervosus, from Latin nervus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-.
nerveux (French): nervous
Ancestry of “nerveux”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | nerfveux | sinew; tendon |
| 2 | Old French | nerveus | sinew; tendon |
| 3 | Latin | nervosus | sinewy; nervous; vigorous, energetic |
| 4 | Latin | nervus | A sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)new- | — |
Words derived from “nerveux”