Where does “ostentate” come from?
ostentate (English) comes from Latin ostentatus, from Latin ostentō, from Latin ostendō, from Latin obs-, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
ostentate (English): To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or...
Definitions
- To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or...
Ancestry of “ostentate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | ostentatus | exhibited, shown, having been exhibited; shown... |
| 2 | Latin | ostentō | — |
| 3 | Latin | ostendō | — |
| 4 | Latin | obs- | in front of |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |