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Where does “nuisance” come from?

nuisance (Old French) comes from Old French nuisir, from Latin nocēre.

Ancestry of “nuisance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnuisirto harm
2Latinnocēre—

Words derived from “nuisance”

  • nuisance
Every word from Latin nocēre →