Where does “inostensiblement” come from?
inostensiblement (French) comes from French inostensible, from French ostensible, from Latin ostēnsus, from Latin ostendō, from Latin obs-, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
inostensiblement (French): inostensibly
Ancestry of “inostensiblement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | inostensible | inostensible |
| 2 | French | ostensible | apparent |
| 3 | Latin | ostēnsus | — |
| 4 | Latin | ostendō | — |
| 5 | Latin | obs- | in front of |
| 6 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 7 | Latin | obolus | obolus |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |