The story
- Proto-Indo-European*nebʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*nébʰos
- Proto-Italic*neβelā
- Latinnebula
- English todaynebula
Learned borrowing from Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”). First attested in 1655. Akin to Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”), German Nebel (“mist, nebula”), Old Norse nifl, Polish niebo (“sky, heaven”), Russian не́бо (nébo, “sky”).
Words from the same roots
Latinnebula all →
nebulenebulize
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.