Etymograph

English

nasute

Nasute comes from Latin nāsūtus ‘big-nosed’, from nāsus ‘nose’, and ultimately from 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‘nose’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāsūtus3‘big-nosed’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1664nasute3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin nasus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin nasutus
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English nasute
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1664, John Evelyn, Sylva: “nasute greedy Swine”.

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, Latin nasutus‘nose’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāsūtusWiktionary, English nasute‘big-nosed’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1664nasuteWiktionary, English nasute. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1664, John Evelyn, Sylva: “nasute greedy Swine”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s ‘nose’

ness, 4 more

through Latin nāsus ‘nose’

nasal, 3 more

Today it means

adj Having a long snout.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “nasute”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin nasus, Latin nasutus. 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 / nasute

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