/nɛʁ.vø/
Translation
nervous
Word origin
From Latin nervosus ('sinewy, vigorous'), from nervus ('sinew, nerve'). The same root gives English 'nervous' and 'nerve'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- nervosus
- English cognates
- nervous, nerve
Grammar
Examples
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He is always nervous before an exam.
, .
Don't be nervous, everything will go well.
' .
She burst into nervous laughter.
orages.
The dog becomes nervous during storms.
l' irritable.
The wait had made him nervous and irritable.
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