Where does “nez” come from?

nez (Norman) comes from Old French nés, from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

nez (Norman): nose; headland; bow

Definitions

  1. nose; headland; bow

Ancestry of “nez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnésnose; inflection of nef: ## oblique plural ##...
2LatinnāsusThe nose
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin nāsus →
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