"nebulous" meaning in Middle English

See nebulous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French nebuleus, from Latin nebulōsus. Etymology templates: {{ety|enm|:bor|frm:nebuleus<ety:der<la:nebulōsus>>}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "mist", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*nebʰ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "athematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*nébʰos", "gloss" : "cloud", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*neβelā", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "nebula", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ŏ̄dsos", "is_uncertain" : true, "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*h₃édos", "is_uncertain" : true, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "smell", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₃ed-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "athematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "athematic", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "-ōssus", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ōsus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "nebulōsus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "nebuleus", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "nebulous", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="nebulous">, {{bor+|enm|frm|nebuleus}} Borrowed from Middle French nebuleus, {{der|enm|la|nebulōsus}} Latin nebulōsus Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{comp2}}}||{{{3}}}||{{{sup2}}}|f3l=|f5l=|head=}} nebulous, {{enm-adj}} nebulous
  1. nebulous
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