Where does “nutant” come from?
nutant (Latin) comes from Latin nuto, from Latin nuo, from Proto-Indo-European new- — new; to nod, assent to.
nutant (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...
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- third-person plural present active indicative of...
Ancestry of “nutant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | nuto | I nod; I signal or gesture to give a command; I... |
| 2 | Latin | nuo | I nod |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |