Where does “occlusion” come from?
Occlusion comes from Late Latin occlusio, derived from Latin occludo (to close or shut), combining the prefix ob- with claudus (lame, limping), which traces to Ancient Greek ὀβελός (spit, bolt) and βέλος (projectile, missile), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti.
occlusion (English): The process of occluding, or something that...
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- The process of occluding, or something that...
Ancestry of “occlusion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | occlūsiō | — |
| 2 | Latin | occludo | I shut up, close up; I restrain |
| 3 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 4 | Latin | obolus | obolus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
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