English
node
Node comes from Middle English node ‘knot, tie’, and goes back to Latin nōdus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōdus‘a knot (in rope)’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500node‘knot, tie’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōdus‘a knot (in rope)’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500node‘knot, tie’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin nōdus ‘a knot (in rope)’
Today it means
noun A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin nōdus / node