enervate
Meaningto take the sinews out
Common meaning: to weaken, drain of energy
- eout
- nerva sinew; a cordLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1203 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
‘out’ + ‘a sinew’ → enervate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin nervus ‘a sinew; a cord’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry nervus, p. 1203 · dictionary scan
Roots
- nervus, -ī Latin “a sinew; a cord”
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