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
- The quality of being oblique in direction,...
Ancestry of “obliquity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | obliquité | — |
| 2 | Latin | obliquitas | slant, obliqueness, obliquity |
| 3 | Latin | obliquus | sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique |
| 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 |