Etymology

denude

de·nude
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Today it means: To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip. Full definition →

Middle French dénuder ← Latin dēnūdāre
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  1. Latin · derived fromdēnūdāre
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromdénuder
  3. English todaydenude

From Middle French dénuder, from Latin dēnūdāre, from dē- + nūdus (“bare”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.