English
nerd
Nerd may come from English nerts ‘nuts", "crazy’.
- English1500–presentnerts‘nuts", "crazy’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1979nerd
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentnerts‘nuts", "crazy’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1979nerd
Earliest quotation: 1979, World Vision:: “To much of the world, we in America are…”
The story
Attested since 1951 as US student slang.
Every English word from English nerts
Today it means
noun A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English nerts / nerd