nerveux
French
adj
Definitions
- nervous relating to the nerves of nervous system
- nervous typified by nervousness
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French nerfveux inherited from Old French nerveus derived from Latin nervōsus (nervous, sinewy, vigorous, energetic).
Origin
Latin
nervōsus
Gloss
nervous, sinewy, vigorous, energetic
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nervōsus Latin
- nervös German
- nerveus Dutch, Flemish
- hypernerveux French
- нервозный Russian
- *snéh₁wr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- nervøs Norwegian Bokmål
- nervoso Portuguese
- nervös Swedish
- nervøs Norwegian Nynorsk
- nervǒus, nervous Middle English
- nervøs Danish
- nervøsitet Danish
- تنرفز Arabic
- نرفز Arabic
- nerveus Old French
- nervus Old French
- nerfus Welsh
- nèrveux Norman
- nerfveux Middle French
- نرفز Hijazi Arabic