Where does “perniciousness” come from?
perniciousness (English) comes from English pernicious, from Old French pernicios, from French pernicieux, from Latin perniciōsus, from Latin perniciēs, from Latin pernecō, from Latin necō, from Latin nex — to perish, disappear.
perniciousness (English): The condition of being pernicious;...
Definitions
- The condition of being pernicious;...
Ancestry of “perniciousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pernicious | Causing much harm in a subtle way; Causing death... |
| 2 | Old French | pernicios | — |
| 3 | French | pernicieux | Insidious. Having a slow and discreet, but... |
| 4 | Latin | perniciōsus | destructive, ruinous, baleful, pernicious |
| 5 | Latin | perniciēs | ruin, destruction |
| 6 | Latin | pernecō | to kill, slay outright |
| 7 | Latin | necō | to kill, murder (especially without physical wounding such as by poison or hunger) |
| 8 | Latin | nex | murder, slaughter, killing; violent death |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | neks | death, slaughter |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | neḱs | death |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | neḱ- | to perish, disappear |