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
- Hatred; dislike; The quality that provokes...
Ancestry of “odium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | odium | hatred, ill-will, aversion, dislike, disgust,... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ed- | to smell, stink; to hate; to bite |