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Where does “offendere” come from?

offendere (Latin) comes from Latin offendo, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος, from Proto-Indo-European gʷélHos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

offendere (Latin): third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Ancestry of “offendere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinoffendoI hit, thrust, strike; I meet, encounter; I...
2Latinob-towards; against
3Latinobolusobolus
4Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
5Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
6Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
7Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
8Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

Words derived from “offendere”

  • offensive
  • offend
  • inoffensive
  • offensively
  • counteroffensive
  • offensiveness
  • reoffend
  • inoffensively
  • inoffensiveness
  • offendeth
  • nonoffensive
  • unoffensive
  • offendor
  • unoffensively
  • offendest
  • unoffendable
  • reoffender
  • offendable
  • offendee
  • counter-offensive
  • offenditore
  • offendibile
  • offendere
  • offensive
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