English
annoyer
Annoyer comes from Middle English anoyen ‘to be annoying or injurious’, from Old French enoiier ‘to be bothersome, upsetting, tiring, etc’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to hate’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-‘to hate’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*odjom‘hate’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEodium‘hatred, loathing’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEinodioas inodiāre‘to make repulsive or bothersome’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400enoiier‘to be bothersome, upsetting, tiring, etc’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500anoyen‘to be annoying or injurious’
- English1500–presentannoy
- Englishearliest quotation 1577annoyer
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-‘to hate’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*odjom‘hate’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEodium‘hatred, loathing’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEinodioas inodiāre‘to make repulsive or bothersome’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400enoiier‘to be bothersome, upsetting, tiring, etc’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500anoyen‘to be annoying or injurious’
- English1500–presentannoy
- Englishearliest quotation 1577annoyer
Earliest quotation: 1577, Dydymus Mountaine pseudonym; Thomas Hill, Henry Dethicke [i.e.: “This Authoure alſo writeth, that the Piſmires are wicked…”
A compound of annoy + -er
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to hate’
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Latin odium ‘loathing, hatred’
Late Latin inodiāre ‘to make loathsome’
Old French anoier ‘to bother, disturb’
Middle English anoyen
English annoy
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to hate’
dental, tooth, dent, zinc, odor, ozone, egregious, tusk, dens, redolent, osmium, dancy, 69 more
through Latin odium ‘hatred, loathing’
through Late Latin inodio ‘to make repulsive or bothersome’
Today it means
noun One who annoys.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- / annoyer