Where does “obesitat” come from?

obesitat (Catalan) comes from Latin obēsitās, from Latin obēsus, from Latin obedō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

obesitat (Catalan): obesity

Definitions

  1. obesity

Ancestry of “obesitat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinobēsitāsobesity, fatness, corpulence
2Latinobēsuseaten away, devoured, having been eaten away
3Latinobedōto eat, eat away, or devour
4Latinob-towards; against
5Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
6Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
7Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
8Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
9Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-