Where does “oplátka” come from?
oplátka (Czech) comes from Latin oblāta, from Latin oblātus, from Latin offerō, 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.
oplátka (Czech): requital
Definitions
- requital
Ancestry of “oplátka”, step by step
oplátka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin oblāta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | oblāta | — |
| 2 | Latin | oblātus | shown, exhibited, exposed |
| 3 | Latin | offerō | to bring before or bring to, present, offer, bestow, show, place before, exhibit, expose |
| 4 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 5 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Czech oplatit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | oplatit | to repay, to pay back, to requite, to return |
| 2 | Czech | platit | to pay; to hold |
| 3 | Old Czech | platiti | to pay |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | platiti | to pay |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |