Where does “perniciosament” come from?
perniciosament (Catalan) comes from Old French pernicios, from French pernicieux, from Latin perniciōsus, from Latin perniciēs, from Latin pernecō, from Latin necō, from Latin nex, from Proto-Italic neks — to perish, disappear.
perniciosament (Catalan): perniciously, harmfully
Definitions
- perniciously, harmfully
Ancestry of “perniciosament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | pernicios | — |
| 2 | French | pernicieux | Insidious. Having a slow and discreet, but... |
| 3 | Latin | perniciōsus | destructive, ruinous, baleful, pernicious |
| 4 | Latin | perniciēs | ruin, destruction |
| 5 | Latin | pernecō | to kill, slay outright |
| 6 | Latin | necō | to kill, murder (especially without physical wounding such as by poison or hunger) |
| 7 | Latin | nex | murder, slaughter, killing; violent death |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | neks | death, slaughter |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | neḱs | death |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | neḱ- | to perish, disappear |