Where does “oppose” come from?

Oppose comes from Middle English opposen, from Old French opposer, from Latin ob meaning "against" combined with a root from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi and h₁eps.

oppose (English): To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist...

Definitions

  1. To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist...

Ancestry of “oppose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishopposen
2Old Frenchopposer
3Latinobin the direction of, to, towards; on account of,...
4Proto-Italic*optowards

Words derived from “oppose

Every word from Proto-Italic *op