The story
- Latin · derived fromnocēre
- Old French · derived fromnuisance
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromnusaunce
- Middle English · inherited fromnoysaunce
- English todaynuisance
From Middle English noysaunce, from Anglo-Norman nusaunce, nussance and Old French nuisance, from nuisir (“to harm”), from Latin nocēre. Doublet of nocence and nocency.
Words from the same roots
Latinnocēre all →
nociception
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.