noun, masculine/nɔʁ/
north
Synonyms: septentrion
Related: perdre le nord
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nér Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *nŕ̥t(e)ros Proto-Germanic *nurþraz Proto-West Germanic *norþr Old English norþbor. Old French nort Middle French nord French nord Inherited from Middle French nord, nort, from Old French nort(h), borrowed from Old English norþ (“north”). The English (rather than Dutch or Norse) origin of the French compass points is evidenced by the vowel in est.