Where does “nept” come from?

nept (Middle English) comes from Old English nepte, from Latin nepeta — catnip.

Ancestry of “nept”, step by step

nept traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English nepte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishneptecatnip
2Latinnepetacatnip

via Middle English nefte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishnefte—
Every word from Latin nepeta →Every word from Old English nepte →