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Where does “oppugneth” come from?

oppugneth (English) comes from English oppugn, from Middle French oppugner, from Latin oppugno, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

oppugneth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “oppugneth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoppugnTo contradict or controvert; to oppose; to...
2Middle Frenchoppugner—
3LatinoppugnoI attack, assault; I storm, besiege
4Latinob-towards; against
5Latinobolusobolus
6Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
7Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
8Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
9Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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