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Where does “plagsom” come from?

plagsom (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål plage, from Low German plage, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

plagsom (Norwegian Bokmål): annoying, irksome, pesky, tiresome, troublesome

Definitions

  1. annoying, irksome, pesky, tiresome, troublesome

Ancestry of “plagsom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålplagea plague; an affliction, illness, pain; a bother,...
2Low Germanplage—
3Latinplāga—
4Latinplagius—
5Ancient Greekπλάγιοςplaced sideways, slanting, aslant
6Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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