Where does “obligingness” come from?
obligingness (English) comes from English obliging, from English oblige, from Middle English obligen, from Old French obligier, from Latin obligō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
obligingness (English): The quality of being obliging; the tendency to...
Definitions
- The quality of being obliging; the tendency to...
Ancestry of “obligingness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | obliging | Happy and ready to do favours for others; present... |
| 2 | English | oblige | To constrain someone by force or by social, moral... |
| 3 | Middle English | obligen | To oblige; to compel to do something or behave a... |
| 4 | Old French | obligier | — |
| 5 | Latin | obligō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 7 | Latin | obolus | obolus |
| 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 |