Etymograph

English

nocument

Nocument comes from Latin nocumentum ‘harm, nuisance’, from noceō ‘to hurt’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- ‘perish, disappear’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*neḱ-1‘perish, disappear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*noḱ-éye-ti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nokeō1‘to harm, hurt, injure’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnoceō2as nocere‘to hurt’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnocumentum2‘harm, nuisance’
  6. Englishtodaynocument2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin noceo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English nocument

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*neḱ-Wiktionary, Latin noceo‘perish, disappear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*noḱ-éye-tiWiktionary, Latin noceoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nokeōWiktionary, Latin noceo‘to harm, hurt, injure’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnoceōWiktionary, English nocumentas nocere‘to hurt’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnocumentumWiktionary, English nocument‘harm, nuisance’
  6. EnglishtodaynocumentWiktionary, English nocument

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- ‘perish, disappear’

nectar, obnoxious, necropolis, internecine, 17 more

through Latin noceō ‘to hurt’

innocent, nuisance, innocence, noxious, innocuous, 12 more

Today it means

noun harm, injury, or detriment

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “nocument”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin noceo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- / nocument

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