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
Ancestry of “nèrveux”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | nerveus | sinew; tendon |
| 2 | Latin | nervosus | sinewy; nervous; vigorous, energetic |
| 3 | Latin | nervus | A sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)new- | — |
Words derived from “nèrveux”