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nude

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 242 words | Copyright

nude (leg.) not formally attested; †bare, mere XVI; naked, unclothed XVII (rare before XIX, except as sb. XVIII, after F. nu). — L. nūdus :- *now(e)dos, *nogwedos NAKED.
So nudity XVII. — (O)F. or late L. nudist XX.

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