noble

Middle English

adj

Definitions

noble

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French noble derived from Latin nōbilis (excellent, of noble birth, high-born, celebrated, noble, well-known, knowable, known, famous).

Origin

Latin

nōbilis

Gloss

excellent, of noble birth, high-born, celebrated, noble, well-known, knowable, known, famous

Concept

Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

noble English
ignobilis Latin
nōbilis Latin
nobile Italian
noble French
noble Spanish, Castilian
*ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European
noble Old French
noblement Old French
noble Catalan, Valencian
nobel Middle Dutch
noble Middle French
nobre Old Portuguese
nobleche ONF.