Origin: Latin suffix -ance
Nuisance has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
"The court ruled that the neighbor's loud construction work constituted a nuisance because it endangered the safety of our children."
A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
"The constant dripping faucet has become such a nuisance that I can hardly focus on my work."
The word nuisance comes from the Old French verb nuisir, meaning "to harm." It entered English through Anglo-Norman and Middle English with this same sense of causing damage or annoyance.