Where does “obliviate” come from?
obliviate (English) comes from English oblivion, from Middle English oblivion, from Anglo-Norman oblivion, from Latin oblīviō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
obliviate (English): To forget; to wipe from existence
Definitions
- To forget; to wipe from existence
Ancestry of “obliviate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | oblivion | The state of forgetting completely, of being... |
| 2 | Middle English | oblivion | oblivion state of forgetting completely |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | oblivion | forgetfulness |
| 4 | Latin | oblīviō | The act of forgetting, forgetfulness |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |