Where does “obviative” come from?
obviative (English) comes from English obviate, from Latin obviātus, from Latin obvio, from Latin obvius, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
obviative (English): A grammatical marker in the Algonquian languages...
Definitions
- A grammatical marker in the Algonquian languages...
Ancestry of “obviative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | obviate | To anticipate and prevent or bypass; To avoid |
| 2 | Latin | obviātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | obvio | I resist, withstand; I prevent, hinder, obviate;... |
| 4 | Latin | obvius | in the way; meeting; affable, courteous |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus |
| 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 |