Where does “unobligingly” come from?
unobligingly (English) comes from English unobliging, from English obliging, from English oblige, from Middle English obligen, from Old French obligier, from Latin obligō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
unobligingly (English): In an unobliging manner
Definitions
- In an unobliging manner
Ancestry of “unobligingly”, step by step
unobligingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unobliging
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unobliging | Not obliging; unhelpful, disobedient |
| 2 | English | obliging | Happy and ready to do favours for others; present... |
| 3 | English | oblige | To constrain someone by force or by social, moral... |
| 4 | Middle English | obligen | To oblige; to compel to do something or behave a... |
| 5 | Old French | obligier | — |
| 6 | Latin | obligō | to bind in obligation, obligate, make liable |
| 7 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 8 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |