Where does “noyade” come from?

noyade (English) comes from French noyade, from French noyer, from Old French noier, from Latin necō, from Latin nex, from Proto-Italic neks, from Proto-Indo-European neḱs, from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.

noyade (English): A murder by drowning, especially one of those...

Definitions

  1. A murder by drowning, especially one of those...

Ancestry of “noyade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnoyadedrowning
2Frenchnoyerwalnut; To drown; to drown oneself; To drown
3Old Frenchnoierto hurt; to harm; to damage; Alternative form of...
4Latinnecōto kill, murder (especially without physical wounding such as by poison or hunger)
5Latinnexmurder, slaughter, killing; violent death
6Proto-Italicneksdeath, slaughter
7Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱsdeath
8Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱ-to perish, disappear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neḱ-
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