Where does “nuisance” come from?

Nuisance comes from Anglo-Norman nusaunce, a word denoting harm or injury that entered Middle English as a legal term for an actionable wrong.

nuisance (English): A minor annoyance or inconvenience; A person or...

Definitions

  1. A minor annoyance or inconvenience; A person or...

Ancestry of “nuisance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishnoysaunceInjury, harm, damage
2Old Frenchnuisance
3Old Frenchnuisirto harm
4Latinnocēre

Words derived from “nuisance

Every word from Latin nocēreEvery word from Old French nuisirEvery word from Old French nuisance