nerve

Meaning

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/nɝv/
Etymology

Recorded since circa 1374 as Middle English nerve, from Medieval Latin nervus (“nerve”), from Latin nervus (“sinew”). Doublet of neuron and sinew.

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