Etymograph

English

annoyment

Annoyment 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’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-‘to hate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*odjom‘hate’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEodium‘hatred, loathing’
  4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEinodioas inodiāre‘to make repulsive or bothersome’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400enoiier‘to be bothersome, upsetting, tiring, etc’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500anoyen‘to be annoying or injurious’
  7. English1500–presentannoy
  8. Englishtodayannoyment

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-‘to hate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*odjom‘hate’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEodium‘hatred, loathing’
  4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEinodioas inodiāre‘to make repulsive or bothersome’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400enoiier‘to be bothersome, upsetting, tiring, etc’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500anoyen‘to be annoying or injurious’
  7. English1500–presentannoy
  8. Englishtodayannoyment

A compound of annoy + -ment

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’

tooth, dental, zinc, odor, ozone, dent, egregious, tusk, dens, osmium, dancy, redolent, 69 more

through Latin odium ‘hatred, loathing’

odious, odium, 3 more

through Late Latin inodio ‘to make repulsive or bothersome’

ennui, 2 more

Today it means

noun Annoyance.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- / annoyment