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Where does “noḱéye-” come from?

noḱéye- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.

Ancestry of “noḱéye-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱ-to perish, disappear

Words derived from “noḱéye-”

  • innocent
  • innocence
  • obnoxious
  • innocently
  • noxious
  • innocuous
  • nociceptive
  • innocency
  • nociception
  • innocuously
  • antinociceptive
  • innoxious
  • obnoxiously
  • nociceptor
  • antinociception
  • nocent
  • innocuousness
  • obnoxiousness
  • noxiousness
  • noxa
  • noxiously
  • nonnoxious
  • noninnocent
  • pronociceptive
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