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Where does “nervium” come from?
nervium (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin nervus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-.
Ancestry of “nervium”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
nervus
A sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or...
2
Proto-Indo-European
(s)new-
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Words derived from “nervium”
nervi
nerviós
nerviosament
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