Etymology of the English word nosy
the English word
nosyusing the English suffix
-yderived from the English word
nosederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nas-derived from the Old French word
nosderived from the Latin word
nodus (knot; knot; node)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ned-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*nususUsage
Word found in Modern English
