nerf.
grain of wood
Meaning & usage
grain of wood
a similar line in leather, paper, etc.
Where this word comes from
From earlier nerve, from Middle Dutch *narwe, either inherited from Old Dutch *narwa or borrowed from Middle Low German narwe, eventually from Proto-Germanic *narwō, from earlier *arwaz (“scar”). For the change of -rwe → -rf, compare verf. Cognate with German Narbe (“scar”).
nerve
vein of a leaf
Where this word comes from
From Latin nervus. The botanic sense belongs historically to this word, but is semantically close to etymology 1 and hence not necessarily felt as a distinct word.
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