neer
Meaning
(anatomy) Kidney.
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English neere, nere, from Old English *nēora, from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós. Cognate with Dutch nier (“kidney”), Low German nere (“kidney”), German Niere (“kidney”), Swedish njure (“kidney”), Icelandic nýru (“kidney”), Latin nefrones, nefrendes, nebrundines (“testicles”), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney, testicle”).
Notes
Sign in to write sticky notes
Start learning English with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "neer" and many other words and sentences in English.