Etymology of the English word nude
the English word
nudederived from the Classical Latin word
nudus (nude; bare, stripped)
derived from the Latin word
nodus (knot; knot; node)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ned-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nogʷ-Derivations in English
nudie,
nudismCognates
Catalan
nu, Dutch
naakt, English
knot, French
nu, French
noeud, German
nackt, Italian
nodo, Italian
nudo, Latin
nodus, Latin
nudus, Portuguese
nu, Provençal
nud, Spanish
nudoUsage
Word found in Modern English