Where does “noxa” come from?

noxa (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European noks-, from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.

noxa (Latin): hurt, harm, injury; fault, offence, crime

Definitions

  1. hurt, harm, injury; fault, offence, crime

Ancestry of “noxa”, step by step

noxa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European noks-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeannoks-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱ-to perish, disappear

via Latin nocēre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnocēre—

Words derived from “noxa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European noks- →