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Where does “obliquity” come from?

Obliquity derives from Middle French obliquité, from Latin obliquitas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European lewg- meaning to bend or turn.

obliquity (English): The quality of being oblique in direction,...

Definitions

  1. The quality of being oblique in direction,...

Ancestry of “obliquity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchobliquité—
2Latinobliquitasslant, obliqueness, obliquity
3Latinobliquussidelong, slanting, awry, oblique
4Latinob-towards; against
5Latinobolusobolus
6Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
7Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
8Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
9Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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