Where does “offenselessly” come from?
offenselessly (English) comes from English offenseless, from English offense, from English offence, from Old French offense, from Latin offēnsā, from Latin offenso, from Latin offendō, from Latin ob- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
offenselessly (English): In an offenseless manner
Definitions
- In an offenseless manner
Ancestry of “offenselessly”, step by step
offenselessly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English offenseless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | offenseless | Unoffending; innocent; inoffensive; harmless |
| 2 | English | offense | The act of offending; The state of being offended... |
| 3 | English | offence | Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada... |
| 4 | Old French | offense | — |
| 5 | Latin | offēnsā | offense, violation of law |
| 6 | Latin | offenso | I strike or dash against; I falter, stumble over... |
| 7 | Latin | offendō | to hit, thrust, strike against something |
| 8 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 9 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |