Where does “atur” come from?

atur (Catalan) comes from Catalan aturar, from Latin obturo, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος, from Proto-Indo-European gʷélHos — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

atur (Catalan): unemployment

Definitions

  1. unemployment

Ancestry of “atur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanaturarto stop, to halt
2LatinobturoI stop up, block up; I assuage, allay
3Latinob-towards; against
4Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
5Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
6Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
7Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
8Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
9Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-Every word from Latin ob-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷélHos