nervous
/ˈnɜːvəs/NUR-vuhs
/ˈnɝvəs/NUR-vuhs
Meaningsinewy
Common meaning: easily agitated
Other meanings: of nerves
- nerva sinew; a cordLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1203 · scan
- ousadjective ending: full of, having
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin nervus ‘a sinew; a cord’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry nervus, p. 1203 · dictionary scan
Roots
- nervus, -ī Latin “a sinew; a cord”
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