Etymology

nervure

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Today it means: A vein in the wing of an insect. Full definition →

French nervure ← Middle French nerf ← Old French nerf
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The story

  1. Latinnervus
  2. Old Frenchnerf
  3. Middle Frenchnerf
  4. Frenchnerf
  5. Frenchnervure
  6. English todaynervure

Borrowed from French nervure.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.