nebula
Latin
noun
Definitions
- fog
- cloud
- vapor
- (inflection of) nebula
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *neβelā derived from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (cloud, moisture, moist, mist, fog, vapor, sky).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*nébʰos
Gloss
cloud, moisture, moist, mist, fog, vapor, sky
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- enormous Lyman-alpha nebula English
- isoneph English
- nebula English
- nebulalike English
- nebulium English
- nebulization English
- nebulize English
- nebulizer English
- nebulosus English
- nephelometry English
- nepho- English
- neveling English
- nimbus English
- nuel English
- supernebula English
- Neptūnus Latin
- nebulosus Latin
- nebulōsus Latin
- nimbifer Latin
- nimbus Latin
- nebbia Italian
- nebbiogeno Italian
- nebbiolo Italian
- nebbione Italian
- nebbioso Italian
- nebula Italian
- nebulizzare Italian
- nebulosa Italian
- nembo Italian
- retronebbia Italian
- небо Russian
- niebla Spanish, Castilian
- Νεφελοκοκκυγία Ancient Greek
- κελαινεφής Ancient Greek
- νέφος Ancient Greek
- νεφέλη Ancient Greek
- νεφέλιον Ancient Greek
- νεφεληγερέτα Ancient Greek
- ἐπινέφελος Ancient Greek
- *h₂ep-h₃ōn- Proto-Indo-European
- *nebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *nébʰos Proto-Indo-European
- nefelibata Portuguese
- névoa Portuguese
- *nebulaz Proto-Germanic
- genip Old English
- नभस् Sanskrit
- newel Middle English
- *nebo Proto-Slavic
- *nȅbo Proto-Slavic
- nebulozo Esperanto
- neula Catalan, Valencian
- nifl Icelandic
- njóla Icelandic
- nebra Galician
- néboa Galician
- neguros Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- negură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- เนบิวลา Thai
- nebul Old High German
- nebel Middle High German
- Niwwel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- avull Albanian
- nevoa Old Portuguese
- *nemos Proto-Celtic
- *nábʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- negurã Aromanian
- niguros Aromanian
- nèbla Occitan
- неба Belarusian
- *neptūnos Proto-Italic
- *neβelā Proto-Italic
- neabla Romansh
- nebla Romansh
- nibel Romansh
- nivel Romansh
- небо Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- debesis Lithuanian
- *nábʰas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- nevla Old Spanish
- negghia Sicilian
- fa Middle Persian
- nebia Venetian
- *abula Proto-Albanian
- நபம் Tamil
- *nebo Proto-Balto-Slavic
- nenbo Istriot
- *népʰos Proto-Hellenic
- *nébos Proto-Anatolian