Where does “Onus” come from?

Onus (German) comes from Latin onus, from Proto-Italic *onos — load, burden.

Onus (German): onus

Definitions

  1. onus

Ancestry of “Onus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinonusburden, load; cargo, freight
2Proto-Italic*onosload, burden
Every word from Proto-Italic *onos →Every word from Latin onus →