nain

French

noun

Definitions

dwarf
gnome (decorative, in a garden)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French nain inherited from Latin nānus.

Origin

Latin

nānus

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

nānus Latin
nano Italian
enano Spanish, Castilian
νᾶνος Ancient Greek
anão Portuguese
nain Old French
nana Esperanto
nano Esperanto
nan Catalan, Valencian
anano Galician
nain Middle French
nanu Asturian