Where does “odium” come from?

Odium comes from Latin odium, derived from Latin odi meaning to hate, from Proto-Italic ōdai, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ed-.

odium (English): Hatred; dislike; The quality that provokes...

Definitions

  1. Hatred; dislike; The quality that provokes...

Ancestry of “odium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinodiumhatred, ill-will, aversion, dislike, disgust,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ed-to smell, stink; to hate; to bite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ed- →Every word from Latin odium →