Where does “nuage” come from?
nuage (French) comes from French nue, from Middle French nue, from Old French nue, from Vulgar Latin nuba, from Latin nūbēs, from Proto-Indo-European (s)newdʰ- — to cover.
nuage (French): cloud; first-person singular present indicative...
Definitions
- cloud; first-person singular present indicative...
Ancestry of “nuage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | nue | feminine singular of nu; cloud |
| 2 | Middle French | nue | — |
| 3 | Old French | nue | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | nuba | — |
| 5 | Latin | nūbēs | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)newdʰ- | to cover |
Words derived from “nuage”