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Where does “inocuo” come from?

inocuo (Spanish) comes from Latin innocuus, from Latin nocuus, from Latin noceō, from Proto-Italic nokeō, from Proto-Indo-European noḱéye-, from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.

inocuo (Spanish): harmless; innoxious

Definitions

  1. harmless; innoxious

Ancestry of “inocuo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininnocuusharmless
2Latinnocuusharmful, noxious, pernicious
3Latinnoceō—
4Proto-Italicnokeōharm, hurt, injure; kill, slay violently
5Proto-Indo-Europeannoḱéye-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱ-to perish, disappear
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