Where does “nodos” come from?

nodos (Romanian) comes from Romanian nod, from Latin nōdus, from Proto-Indo-European gned-.

nodos (Romanian): nubbed, nubby, knobby; knotty

Definitions

  1. nubbed, nubby, knobby; knotty

Ancestry of “nodos”, step by step

nodos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian nod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniannodknot
2Latinnōdusa knot (in rope)
3Proto-Indo-Europeangned-—

via Latin nōdōsus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnōdōsusknotty, knobby
2Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
3Old Latin-ōssus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gned- →Every word from Latin nōdus →Every word from Romanian nod →