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Where does “désobéissance” come from?

désobéissance (French) comes from French désobéir, from French obéir, from English obey, from Middle English obeyen, from Anglo-Norman obeir, from Old French obeïr, from Latin oboedio, from Latin ob- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

désobéissance (French): disobedience; disregard

Definitions

  1. disobedience; disregard

Ancestry of “désobéissance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchdésobéirTo disobey
2FrenchobéirTo obey; To obey, to follow
3EnglishobeyTo do as ordered by , to act according to the...
4Middle Englishobeyen—
5Anglo-Normanobeirto obey
6Old FrenchobeïrAlternative form of obeir
7Latinoboedioto obey, yield obedience to; to be subject to, to...
8Latinob-towards; against
9Latinobolusobolus
10Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
11Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
12Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
13Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
14Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

Words derived from “désobéissance”

  • disobeisance
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