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

Definitions

  1. nervous

Ancestry of “nerveux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchnerfveuxsinew; tendon
2Old Frenchnerveussinew; tendon
3Latinnervosussinewy; nervous; vigorous, energetic
4LatinnervusA sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)new-—

Words derived from “nerveux”

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