Where does “nu” come from?

nu (French) comes from Middle French nu, from Old French nu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Italic nogʷedos, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷedós, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

nu (French): naked, nude; bare; nu

Definitions

  1. naked, nude; bare; nu

Ancestry of “nu”, step by step

nu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French nu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchnunaked
2Old Frenchnunaked
3Latinnūdusunclothed, nude, naked
4Proto-Italicnogʷedosnaked
5Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷedós—
6Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

via Ancient Greek νῦ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekνῦnu, the name for the thirteenth letter Ν, ν of...
2Phoenician𐤍‬—

Words derived from “nu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷedós →Every word from Proto-Italic nogʷedos →
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