(Greek: austeros, harsh, rough, bitter > Latin: dry, harsh, sour, tart)

(Greek: bad, harsh, wrong, evil; incorrect; unpleasant; poor; used most of the time as a prefix)

(Greek: bad, harsh, wrong; ill; hard to do, difficult at; slow of; disordered; impaired, defective)

(Latin: bad, badly, harsh, wrong; ill; evil; abnormal, defective; used primarily as a prefix)

(Anglo-Saxon: bad, harsh, wrong; always a prefix)

(Latin: "hoarse"; hoarse cries; howl, roar; rough-sounding, harsh; loud, rough)

(Latin: creaking, making a creaking sound; a shrill sound; a harsh sound)