Where does “no hard feelings” come from?
no hard feelings (English) comes from English no, from Middle English noo, from Middle English none, from Old English nōn, from Latin nōna, from Latin nōnus, from Latin novenos, from Latin novem — new; to nod, assent to.
no hard feelings (English): (I, etc.) hold no lingering anger or resentment toward (you, etc.); there's no bad blood between (us, etc.)
Definitions
- (I, etc.) hold no lingering anger or resentment toward (you, etc.); there's no bad blood between (us, etc.)
Ancestry of “no hard feelings”, step by step
no hard feelings traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English no
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | no | Not any; Hardly any; Not any possibility or... |
| 2 | Middle English | noo | — |
| 3 | Middle English | none | Alternative form of nonne; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | Old English | nōn | noon; the ninth hour; the ninth hour |
| 5 | Latin | nōna | nones canonical hour |
| 6 | Latin | nōnus | ninth |
| 7 | Latin | novenos | accusative masculine plural of novēnus |
| 8 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 9 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |
via English hard feelings
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hard feelings | Resentment, anger |