Latin

nervus

‘vigor, force, power, strength, energy, nerve’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin nervus.

8 English words in this record descend from Latin nervus, most familiar first.

• nervous ← nervōsus
• nerve
• enervate ← ēnervātus ← ēnervō
• nervure ← nerf ← nerf ← nerf
• enervous ← enervis
• nervation
• nerue ← nerve
• trinervate ← trinervatus

Etymograph / Latin nervus