Where does “assediar” come from?
assediar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese assédio, from Vulgar Latin absedium, from Latin obsidium, from Latin obses, from Polish obsesja, from Latin obsessiō, from Latin obsidere, from Latin obsideo — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
assediar (Portuguese): to besiege; to siege; to harass
Definitions
- to besiege; to siege; to harass
Ancestry of “assediar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | assédio | siege; assault |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | absedium | siege |
| 3 | Latin | obsidium | genitive plural of obses; A siege, blockade |
| 4 | Latin | obses | a hostage; a security, pledge |
| 5 | Polish | obsesja | obsession |
| 6 | Latin | obsessiō | blockade, siege |
| 7 | Latin | obsidere | present active infinitive of obsideō;... |
| 8 | Latin | obsideo | I sit, remain, abide, stay; I frequent, haunt,... |
| 9 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 10 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |