onerous
Middle English
/ɔnɛˈruːs/
adj
Definitions
- onerous
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French onereux derived from Old French onereus derived from Latin onerosus (burdensome) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₃enh₂- (burden, charge, onerate, name).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃enh₂-
Gloss
burden, charge, onerate, name
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
名
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- exonerator English
- onerate English
- onerosity English
- onerous English
- onerously English
- onerousness English
- onus probandi English
- unonerous English
- exonero Latin
- oneratus Latin
- onero Latin
- onerosus Latin
- onus Latin
- onéreux French
- ὄνομαι Ancient Greek
- *h₃enh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃enh₂ostos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃énh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- onereus Old French
- onereux Middle French