Etymology Explorer › Norman

Where does “g'nou” come from?

g'nou (Norman) comes from Old French genoill, from Vulgar Latin genuclum, from Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos.

g'nou (Norman): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “g'nou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgenoillknee
2Vulgar Latingenuclumknee
3Latingenuculum—
4Latingeniculumknee; little knot
5Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
6Proto-Italic*-kelos—
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