Etymology

naked

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Today it means: Bare, not covered by clothing. Full definition →

Middle English naked ← Old English nacod ← Proto-West Germanic *nak(k)wad
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naked · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*negʷ-“naked”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*nakwadaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*nak(k)wad
  4. Old English · inherited fromnacod
  5. Middle English · inherited fromnaked
  6. English todaynaked

From Middle English naked, from Old English nacod, from Proto-West Germanic *nak(k)wad, from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“naked”). Doublet of nude (remotely).

naked · verb2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*negʷ- all →

desnuda

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