Where does “nez” come from?
nez (Middle French) comes from Old French nés, from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
nez (Middle French): nose
Ancestry of “nez”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | nés | nose; inflection of nef:
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| 2 | Latin | nāsus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |