o 1 n 1 u 1 s 1
4 letters · 4 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an onerous or difficult concern
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃enh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃énh₂os Proto-Italic *onos Latin onuslbor. English onus Learned borrowing from Latin onus (literally “burden”).
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