Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grottos, wind, etc. · A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful. · The larva of certain insects. · Any of various butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo fish using a nymph larva as bait.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē)der. Latin nymphader. Old French nimphebor. Middle English nimphe English nymph From Middle English nimphe, from Old English nymphē and Old French nimphe, both from Latin nympha (“nymph, bride”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, young maiden”). Doublet of nympha.
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