Where does “nōse” come from?

nōse (Middle English) comes from Old French nous, from Latin nōs, from Proto-Italic nōs, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

nōse (Middle English): nose

Definitions

  1. nose

Ancestry of “nōse”, step by step

nōse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French nous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchnousAlternative form of nos
2Latinnōswe, us
3Proto-Italicnōswe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Old English nosu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnosunose
2Proto-Germanic*nosu—

Words derived from “nōse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Italic nōs →
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