Where does “oppositional” come from?
Oppositional derives from English opposition, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Late Latin oppositio, from Latin -tio, from Latin pono, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός.
oppositional (English): Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition
Ancestry of “oppositional”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | opposition | The action of opposing or of being in conflict;... |
| 2 | Middle English | opposicioun | {Astronomical opposition; the state where two... |
| 3 | Old French | oposicion | — |
| 4 | Latin | oppositiō | opposing, opposition |
| 5 | French | opposition | opposition |
| 6 | Late Latin | oppositio | opposing, opposition |
| 7 | Latin | oppono | I set against; I oppose |
| 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 |