English
noxious
Noxious comes from Latin noxius ‘hurtful, injurious’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- ‘perish, disappear’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*neḱ-‘perish, disappear’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*noḱ-éye-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nokeō‘to harm, hurt, injure’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnoceōas nocere‘to hurt, injure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnoxa‘hurt, injury’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnoxius‘hurtful, injurious’
- Englishearliest quotation 1822noxious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*neḱ-‘perish, disappear’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*noḱ-éye-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nokeō‘to harm, hurt, injure’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnoceōas nocere‘to hurt, injure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnoxa‘hurt, injury’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnoxius‘hurtful, injurious’
- Englishearliest quotation 1822noxious
Earliest quotation: 1822, John Barclay, Ancient and Modern: “In the living state, the body is observed to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- ‘perish, disappear’
nectar, necropolis, internecine, 19 more
through Latin noceō ‘to hurt, injure’
Today it means
adj Harmful; injurious.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- / noxious