Where does “né” come from?
né (Réunion Creole French) comes from French nez, from Middle French nez, from Old French nés, from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
né (Réunion Creole French): nose
Definitions
- nose
Ancestry of “né”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | nez | nose; Someone who invents perfumes |
| 2 | Middle French | nez | nose |
| 3 | Old French | nés | nose; inflection of nef: ## oblique plural ##... |
| 4 | Latin | nāsus | The nose |
| 5 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |