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 nocēre →Every word from Old French nuisir →Every word from Old French nuisance →