Where does “globesity” come from?
globesity (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.
globesity (English): The worldwide obesity epidemic
Definitions
- The worldwide obesity epidemic
Ancestry of “globesity”, step by step
globesity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English obesity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | obesity | The state of being obese due to an excess of body... |
| 2 | French | obésité | obesity |
| 3 | Latin | obēsitās | obesity, fatness, corpulence |
| 4 | Latin | obēsus | eaten away, devoured, having been eaten away |
| 5 | Latin | obedō | to eat, eat away, or devour |
| 6 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 7 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |