Where does “nerf” come from?

nerf (Middle French) comes from Old French nerf, from Latin nervus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-.

nerf (Middle French): nerve

Definitions

  1. nerve

Ancestry of “nerf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnerfnerve
2LatinnervusA sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or...
3Proto-Indo-European(s)new-—

Words derived from “nerf”

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