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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old French
nuisir
to harm
2
Latin
nocēre
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Words derived from “nuisance”
nuisance
nuisancer
nuisance
noysaunce
antinuisance
nuisanceless
niwsans
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