Reconstruction:Latin/nuo
Latin
Etymology
Unattested verb only found in composition (see derived terms), from Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νεύω (neúō, “to nod”), Sanskrit नवते (návate).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnu.oː/, [ˈnuoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnu.o/, [ˈnuːo]
Verb
*nuō (present infinitive *nuere, perfect active *nuī, supine *nūtum); third conjugation
- I nod
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- “annuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press