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Where does “nort” come from?

nort (Old French) comes from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér.

nort (Old French): north

Definitions

  1. north

Ancestry of “nort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnorþnorth
2Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
3Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
4Proto-Indo-European*nér—

Words derived from “nort”

  • Nordic
  • Norteño
  • Nordicity
  • Nordicism
  • Nordicist
  • Nordicness
  • Del Norte
  • norteño
  • norteño
  • norte
  • Norteamérica
  • afronorteamericano
  • norteamericano
  • nordique
  • nord
  • noroeste
  • nortada
  • norte
  • nortenho
  • norte-rio-grandense
  • nòrdic
  • nord
  • nordo
  • nordoriento
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