Where does “obdurate” come from?
Obdurate derives from Latin obduratus, past participle of obduro, from duro, related to the adjective durus meaning hard, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -ós.
obdurate (English): Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing;...
Definitions
- Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing;...
Ancestry of “obdurate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | obduratus | hardened |
| 2 | Latin | obdūrō | to harden |
| 3 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 4 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |