Etymology

nuque

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Today it means: The nape of the neck. Full definition →

Middle French nuque ← Medieval Latin nucha ← Arabic نُخَاع
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromنُخَاع
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromnucha
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromnuque
  4. English todaynuque

From Middle French nuque, nuche, from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ). Doublet of nucha.

Words from the same roots

Medieval Latinnucha all →

nucha

Arabicنُخَاع all →

nuchal

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