Where does “odious” come from?

Odious comes from Middle English odious, from Old French odieus, from Latin odiosus meaning "hateful," derived from Latin odium meaning "hatred," from Latin odi meaning "I hate," tracing back through Proto-Italic ōdai to the Proto-Indo-European root h₃ed-.

odious (English): Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or...

Definitions

  1. Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or...

Ancestry of “odious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishodious—
2Old Frenchodieus—
3Latinodiōsushateful, odious, vexatious, offensive, unpleasant, disagreeable, annoying, troublesome
4Latinodiumhatred, ill-will, aversion, dislike, disgust,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ed-to smell, stink; to hate; to bite

Words derived from “odious”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ed- →Every word from Latin odium →Every word from Latin odiōsus →