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Where does “misobedience” come from?

misobedience (English) comes from English obedience, from Old French obedience, from Latin oboedientia, from Latin oboediēns, from Latin oboedio, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

misobedience (English): Mistaken obedience; disobedience

Definitions

  1. Mistaken obedience; disobedience

Ancestry of “misobedience”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishobedienceThe quality of being obedient; The collective...
2Old Frenchobedienceobedience; authority; influence; power
3Latinoboedientiaobedience; nominative neuter plural of oboediēns;...
4Latinoboediēns—
5Latinoboedioto obey, yield obedience to; to be subject to, to...
6Latinob-towards; against
7Latinobolusobolus
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
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