Where does “obfuscation” come from?
Obfuscation derives from Latin obfuscatio, from obfuscare, from fuscare, from fuscus meaning dark, ultimately from Ancient Greek βέλος.
obfuscation (English): The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring...
Definitions
- The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring...
Ancestry of “obfuscation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | obfuscatio | — |
| 2 | Latin | obfuscāre | — |
| 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 |