Noisy
/ˈnɔɪzi/noun
Making or characterized by a loud or disruptive sound.
Did you know?The word comes through Old French from a Latin root linked to nausea, so its history carries the sense of something that is literally upsetting or disturbing.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*nau-
“to be harmed, to be distressed”
Latin
Latin
nausea
“seasickness, feeling of sickness”
Late Latin
Latin
nauseosus
“causing nausea; sickening”
Old French
OF
noisif
“harmful, troublesome”
Middle English
English
noisye
“troublesome, harmful, quarrelsome”
Modern English
English
noisy
“making much noise”