English

abnerval

From ab- + nerve + -al.

Formed from ab- + nerve + -al

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo ‘off, away’

English ab-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- ‘to spin (thread), to sew’

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Proto-Italic *(s)nēuros

Old Latin *neuros

Medieval Latin nervus

Middle English nerve ‘a nerve’

English nerve

Today it means

adj Away from the nerve.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / abnerval