Etymograph

English

innervate

From in- + nerve + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Formed from in- + nerve + -ate

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

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

verb To supply (an organ or part of the body) with nerves.

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

Etymograph / innervate