Where does “nerve” come from?

nerve (Latin) comes from Latin nervus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-.

nerve (Latin): vocative singular of nervus

Definitions

  1. vocative singular of nervus

Ancestry of “nerve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinnervusA sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or...
2Proto-Indo-European(s)new-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)new- →Every word from Latin nervus →