English word nude comes from Latin marem, Proto-Indo-European *nogʷ-, Vulgar Latin masclus, and later Latin masculus ((substantive) A man, male.. Male, masculine.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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marem | Latin (lat) | |
*nogʷ- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | naked, to strip; naked |
masclus | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
masculus | Latin (lat) | (substantive) A man, male.. Male, masculine. |
*nogʷós | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*nogʷedós | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
masle | Old French (fro) | Male Male. |
*nogʷedos | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Naked. |
male | English (en) | (sometimes, _, offensive) A human member of the masculine sex or gender.. A plant of the masculine sex.. An animal of the sex that has testes.. One of the male (masculine) sex or gender. (figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware. [from 16th c.]. (grammar, less common [...] |
nude | English (en) | (with article, "the nude") The state of total nudity.. A color that resembles or evokes bare flesh; a paint, dye, etc. of such color.. A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress. (of clothing, makeup, etc) Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh.. Without clothing [...] |
nudus | Latin (lat) | Bare, simple, pure. Poor, needy. Stripped, deprived, destitute. Unadorned. Unclothed, nude, naked. |