Where does “nugans” come from?

nugans (Latin) comes from Latin nugor, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

nugans (Latin): trifling

Definitions

  1. trifling

Ancestry of “nugans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinnugorI jest, trifle, play the fool, talk nonsense; I...
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin nugor →