Translation
nerve (in the body); nerves, composure
Word origin
From Latin nervus, sinew or bowstring, which is also the Greek neuron. English nerve, nervous and neurology all come from that pair.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- nervus
- English cognates
- nerve, nervous, neurology
Examples
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The pain comes from a diseased nerve.
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Her nerves could not stand the noise.
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The brain sends signals through the nerves.
Both English senses survive. A is the anatomical cord, and in the plural are what a person loses before a performance. From the root: nerva (nervous, of the nerves), (jittery, on edge), o for the state itself. English nerve also means cheek or audacity, and that one does not carry over: for that you want aŭdaco or, more bluntly, impertinenteco.
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