Where does “odiøs” come from?
odiøs (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin odiōsus, from Latin odium, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ed- — to smell, stink; to hate; to bite.
odiøs (Norwegian Bokmål): odious
Ancestry of “odiøs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | odiōsus | — |
| 2 | Latin | odium | hatred, ill-will, aversion, dislike, disgust,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ed- | to smell, stink; to hate; to bite |