Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA legal obligation. · Burden of proof, onus probandi. · Stigma. · Blame.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃en(H)- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃én(H)os Proto-Italic *onos Latin onuslbor. English onus Learned borrowing from Latin onus (literally “burden”).
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- Learned-borrowing mentiononusla
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