Etymology

noci-

Today it means: Relating to pain and its perception. Full definition →

Latin noceō ← Proto-Italic *nokeō ← Proto-Indo-European *noḱéyeti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*neḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*noḱéyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*nokeō
  4. Latinnoceō
  5. English todaynoci-

Derived from Latin noceō (“hurt”). First used in nociception.

Words from the same roots

Latinnoceō all →

nocireceptornocisensor

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.