Where does “obscurationism” come from?
obscurationism (English) comes from English obscuration, from Latin obscuratio, from Latin obscűro, from Latin obscūrus, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
obscurationism (English): The policy of obscuration
Definitions
- The policy of obscuration
Ancestry of “obscurationism”, step by step
obscurationism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English obscuration
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | obscuration | The state of being obscured; A unit of... |
| 2 | Latin | obscuratio | darkening, obscuring, obscuration |
| 3 | Latin | obscűro | to darken, obscure |
| 4 | Latin | obscūrus | dark, dusky, shadowy |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |