Noxiousness
/ˈnɒk.ʃəs.nəs/noun
The quality of being harmful, poisonous, or injurious.
Did you know?Noxiousness is built on Latin noxius, meaning “hurtful” or “injurious,” from nocere, “to harm,” a root that also gave English nuisance and innocent.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*nek-
“To harm, kill, or cause death.”
Latin
Latin
nocēre
“To hurt or harm.”
Latin
Latin
noxius
“Hurtful, injurious, harmful.”
Late Latin
Latin
noxiosus
“Full of harm; noxious.”
Middle English
English
nociouse
“Harmful, poisonous, injurious.”
Modern English
English
noxiousness
“The state or quality of being noxious.”