Etymograph

English

electronervous

From electro- + nervous.

Formed from electro- + nervous

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον ‘amber’

French electrum

French électro-

English electro-

Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥ ‘sinew, tendon’

Latin nervus ‘nerve; sinew’

Latin nervōsus ‘sinewy; vigorous’

Middle English nervous ‘composed of nerves’

English nervous

Today it means

adj Relating to the electrical signals in the nerves of the body.

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

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