Etymology of the English word naughty
the English word
naughtyusing the English suffix
-yderived from the English word
naughtderived from the English word
whitderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wegh-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wekti-derived from the English word
wightderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wekti-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wegh-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wekhtizderived from the English word
noughtderived from the English word
naderived from the New Latin word
natriumderived from the French word
natronderived from the Spanish word
natrónderived from the Arabic word
naṭrunderived from the Greek word
nitron, νίτρον
derived from the Egyptian word
nṯrderived from the English word
ne (not)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ne (not)
Date
The earliest known usage of naughty in English dates from the 14th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
