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Where does “nouer” come from?

nouer (French) comes from Middle French nouer, from Old French noer, from Vulgar Latin notare, from Latin natō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

nouer (French): knot; tie, bind, fasten; tie up

Definitions

  1. knot; tie, bind, fasten; tie up

Ancestry of “nouer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchnouerto knot
2Old Frenchnoerto swim; to knot
3Vulgar Latinnotarepresent active infinitive of notō; second-person...
4Latinnatō—
5Latin-tō—
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus—
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “nouer”

  • denouement
  • dénouement
  • nowed
  • noué
  • énouer
  • noueur
  • renouer
  • dénouer
  • dénouement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →