Where does “nèrveux” come from?

nèrveux (Norman) comes from Old French nerveus, from Latin nervosus, from Latin nervus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-.

nèrveux (Norman): nervous

Definitions

  1. nervous

Ancestry of “nèrveux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnerveussinew; tendon
2Latinnervosussinewy; nervous; vigorous, energetic
3LatinnervusA sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)new-—

Words derived from “nèrveux”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)new- →Every word from Latin nervus →Every word from Latin nervosus →