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Where does “occultabilità” come from?

occultabilità (Italian) comes from Italian occultabile, from Italian occultare, from Latin occulto, from Latin occulo, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

occultabilità (Italian): Property of being concealable

Definitions

  1. Property of being concealable

Ancestry of “occultabilità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianoccultabileconcealable
2Italianoccultareto hide, conceal, occult
3LatinoccultoAlternative form of occultē; I conceal, hide;...
4LatinocculoI cover, hide, conceal
5Latinob-towards; against
6Latinobolusobolus
7Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
8Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
9Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
11Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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