Where does “obstinacy” come from?
Obstinacy comes from Anglo-Norman -cie, Latin -cia and -ia, Ancient Greek -ία, and Proto-Indo-European -h₂ and h₁eps.
obstinacy (English): The state, or an act, of stubbornness or...
Definitions
- The state, or an act, of stubbornness or...
Ancestry of “obstinacy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | obstinate | Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or... |
| 2 | Middle English | obstinat | — |
| 3 | Latin | obstinātus | Firmly set, fixed, resolved |
| 4 | Latin | obstinō | to resolve, determine, be firmly resolved, persist |
| 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 |