Where does “obduracy” come from?
Obduracy comes from Latin obduratus, meaning hardened, from Latin obdurare, composed of ob- and durare meaning to harden, ultimately from Ancient Greek βέλος meaning projectile or pointed weapon.
obduracy (English): The state of being obdurate, intractable, or...
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- The state of being obdurate, intractable, or...
Ancestry of “obduracy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | obdurate | Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing;... |
| 2 | Latin | obduratus | hardened |
| 3 | Latin | obdūrō | to harden |
| 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 |