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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

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

Words derived from “noxa”

  • obnoxious
  • noxious
  • innoxious
  • obnoxiously
  • obnoxiousness
  • noxiousness
  • noxa
  • noxiously
  • nonnoxious
  • unobnoxious
  • unnoxious
  • noxia
  • noxalem
  • innoxius
  • noxitudo
  • obnoxiosus
  • noxalis
  • obnoxius
  • noxius
  • nossale
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