English Explanatory Dictionary

NEER

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Abbreviation of nominal effective exchange rate.
noun
  1. (anatomy) Kidney.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

NEER neers near neir

Etymology

From Middle English neere, nere, from Old English *nēora, from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós. Cognate with Dutch nier (“kidney”), Low German nere (“kidney”), German Niere (“kidney”), Swedish njure (“kidney”), Icelandic nýru (“kidney”), Latin nefrones, nefrendes, nebrundines (“testicles”), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney, testicle”).

Related words

REER
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