The story
- Latin · derived fromnervus“nerve, sinew”
- English todaynervation
Ultimately from Latin nervus (“nerve, sinew”), perhaps via French nervation.
Words from the same roots
Latinnervus all →
nervenerue
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
nervation
Today it means: A pattern of nerves, e.g. as seen on a leaf. Full definition →
Latin nervus