Where does “netteté” come from?

netteté (French) comes from French net, from English Net, from Middle English net, from Anglo-Norman neit, from Old French net, from Vulgar Latin nittus, from Latin nitidus, from Latin nitere.

netteté (French): clearness; neatness

Definitions

  1. clearness; neatness

Ancestry of “netteté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnetclean, tidy; clear; neat
2EnglishNetthe Internet
3Middle Englishnetworthy, good, pure, fine, elegant
4Anglo-Normanneitgood, desireable, clean
5Old Frenchnetneat, decent
6Vulgar Latinnittus
7Latinnitidusshining, polished, glittering; handsome,...
8Latinniteresecond-person singular future active indicative...
9LatinniteoI am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanney-to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited
11Cebuano-hi
Every word from Cebuano -hiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ney-Every word from Latin niteo