niche

The story

1. Latin · derived fromnīdus“nest”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*nīdicāre
3. Old French · derived fromniche
4. Middle French · derived fromniche
5. French · borrowed fromniche
6. English todayniche

Unadapted borrowing from French niche, from Middle French niche, from Old French niche, from nicher (“to make a nest”) (modern French nicher), from Vulgar Latin *nīdicāre, from Latin nīdus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nide via Latin and nest via Proto-Indo-European; also related to nyas.

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