Latin

*nuō

‘to nod’

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

6 English words in this record descend from Latin *nuō, most familiar first.

• innuendo ← innuendum ← innuō
• numinous ← nūmen
• numen
• nutation ← nūtātiō ← nūtō
• innuendis ← innuendum ← innuō
• numinosity ← nūmen

Etymograph / Latin *nuō