Where does “innocuously” come from?
innocuously (English) comes from English innocuous, from Latin innocuus, from Latin nocuus, from Latin noceō, from Proto-Italic nokeō, from Proto-Indo-European noḱéye-, from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.
innocuously (English): In an innocuous manner
Definitions
- In an innocuous manner
Ancestry of “innocuously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | innocuous | Harmless; producing no ill effect; Inoffensive;... |
| 2 | Latin | innocuus | harmless |
| 3 | Latin | nocuus | harmful, noxious, pernicious |
| 4 | Latin | noceō | to injure, do harm to, hurt, damage |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | nokeō | harm, hurt, injure; kill, slay violently |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | noḱéye- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | neḱ- | to perish, disappear |