Nettle Definition
Origin of Nettle
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From Middle English, from Old English netle, netele, netel from Proto-Germanic *natilǭ (cogate with Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele (modern netel), German Nessel, Middle Danish nædlæ "nettle"), a diminutive of *naton (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English netele ned- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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