Etymograph

English

nasus

Nasus comes from Latin nāsus ‘the nose’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*néh₂s1‘nose’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nāssos1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāsus2‘the nose’
  4. Englishtodaynasus2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin nasus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English nasus

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*néh₂sWiktionary, Latin nasus‘nose’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nāssosWiktionary, Latin nasusreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāsusWiktionary, English nasus‘the nose’
  4. EnglishtodaynasusWiktionary, English nasus

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s ‘nose’

ness, 4 more

through Latin nāsus ‘the nose’

nasal, 3 more

Today it means

noun A horn-like elongated rostrum on the head of soldier termites of the subfamily Nasutiterminae, capable of producing and spraying noxious secretions for defense.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “nasus”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin nasus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s / nasus

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