Where does “onus” come from?

onus (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₃énh₂os, from Proto-Indo-European h₃enh₂- — to onerate; to charge.

onus (Latin): burden, load; cargo, freight

Definitions

  1. burden, load; cargo, freight

Ancestry of “onus”, step by step

onus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European h₃énh₂os

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃énh₂osload; burden
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃enh₂-to onerate; to charge

via Proto-Italic *onos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*onosload, burden

Words derived from “onus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃enh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃énh₂os →