English
odium
Odium comes from Latin odium ‘hatred, ill-will, aversion, dislike, disgust,…’, from Proto-Italic *odjom ‘hate’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-‘to hate’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*odjom‘hate’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEodium‘hatred, ill-will, aversion, dislike, disgust, detestation, odium, loathing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1681odium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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, ill-will, aversion, dislike, disgust, detestation, odium, loathing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1681odium
Earliest quotation: 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or: “She threw the odium of the fact on me.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to hate’
dental, tooth, dent, zinc, ozone, odor, egregious, tusk, dens, redolent, dancy, osmium, 69 more
through Latin odium ‘hatred, ill-will, aversion, dislike, disgust,…’
Today it means
noun Hatred; dislike.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- / odium