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Where does “node” come from?

node (Middle English) comes from Latin nōdus, from Proto-Indo-European gned-.

node (Middle English): lump, swelling; knot, tie

Definitions

  1. lump, swelling; knot, tie

Ancestry of “node”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnōdus—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangned-—

Words derived from “node”

  • node
  • nodal
  • inode
  • internode
  • extranodal
  • internodal
  • binodal
  • noded
  • antinode
  • supernode
  • intranodal
  • subnode
  • paranodal
  • multinode
  • nodical
  • antinodal
  • perinodal
  • multinodal
  • nodelist
  • nodeset
  • nodeless
  • juxtaparanodal
  • intranode
  • nodally
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