Where does “noca” come from?

noca (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto noci, from Ido nocar, from Latin noceō, from Proto-Italic nokeō, from Proto-Indo-European noḱéye-, from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.

noca (Esperanto): harmful

Definitions

  1. harmful

Ancestry of “noca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantonociharm
2Idonocarto harm, injure, hurt, wrong, be injurious to someone or something
3Latinnoceōto injure, do harm to, hurt, damage
4Proto-Italicnokeōharm, hurt, injure; kill, slay violently
5Proto-Indo-Europeannoḱéye-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱ-to perish, disappear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European noḱéye- →Every word from Proto-Italic nokeō →