Where does “antiobesity” come from?

antiobesity (English) comes from English obesity, from French obésité, from Latin obēsitās, from Latin obēsus, from Latin obedō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

antiobesity (English): Serving to counter obesity

Definitions

  1. Serving to counter obesity

Ancestry of “antiobesity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishobesityThe state of being obese due to an excess of body...
2Frenchobésitéobesity
3Latinobēsitāsobesity, fatness, corpulence
4Latinobēsuseaten away, devoured, having been eaten away
5Latinobedōto eat, eat away, or devour
6Latinob-towards; against
7Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
8Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
9Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
10Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
11Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
12Proto-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
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