Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics. · A neuron. · A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood. · Courage; boldness; audacity; gall.
To give courage. · To give strength; to supply energy or vigour. · To perform a neurectomy on (someone or something). · To get on (someone’s) nerves; to annoy, irritate, or bother (someone).
Recorded since circa 1374 as Middle English nerve, from Medieval Latin nervus (“nerve”), from Latin nervus (“sinew”). Doublet of neuron and sinew. Verb sense 4 (“to get on (someone’s) nerves”) is chiefly a semantic loan from German nerven.
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