nerf
French
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) nerve
- (figuratively) force, power, strength
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French nerf inherited from Old French nerf inherited from Latin nervus (sinew, nerve, tendon, energy).
Origin
Latin
nervus
Gloss
sinew, nerve, tendon, energy
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nerve English
- nervure English
- nervalis Latin
- nervosus Latin
- nervus Latin
- subnervo Latin
- ēnervō Latin
- Nerv German
- Nervenbündel German
- Nervengas German
- Nervenklinik German
- Nervenstärke German
- Nervensystem German
- Nervensäge German
- Nervenzelle German
- Sinnesnerv German
- Zentralnervensystem German
- nerval German
- nervenstark German
- nervig German
- nervlich German
- nerbo Italian
- nervo Italian
- nerver French
- nervure French
- énervement French
- énerver French
- нерв Russian
- nervio Spanish, Castilian
- νεῦρον Ancient Greek
- *(s)new- Proto-Indo-European
- nerw Polish
- nerf Old French
- nervi Catalan, Valencian
- nerf Welsh
- n. Translingual
- нерв Bulgarian
- nerf Middle French
- nervio Old Portuguese
- nervo Old Portuguese
- 涅伏 Chinese
- нерв Macedonian
- nerviu Asturian
- *neuros Old Latin