Where does “nuisance” come from?

nuisance (French) comes from Old French nuisance, from Old French nuisir, from Latin nocēre.

nuisance (French): pollution

Definitions

  1. pollution

Ancestry of “nuisance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnuisance—
2Old Frenchnuisirto harm
3Latinnocēre—
Every word from Latin nocēre →Every word from Old French nuisir →Every word from Old French nuisance →
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