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Where does “nocuo” come from?

nocuo (Italian) comes from Latin nocuus, from Latin noceō, from Proto-Italic nokeō, from Proto-Indo-European noḱéye-, from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.

nocuo (Italian): harmful, injurious, noxious

Definitions

  1. harmful, injurious, noxious

Ancestry of “nocuo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnocuusharmful, noxious, pernicious
2Latinnoceō—
3Proto-Italicnokeōharm, hurt, injure; kill, slay violently
4Proto-Indo-Europeannoḱéye-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱ-to perish, disappear
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