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Where does “desobediência” come from?

desobediência (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese obediência, from Latin oboedientia, from Latin oboediēns, from Latin oboedio, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

desobediência (Portuguese): disobedience

Definitions

  1. disobedience

Ancestry of “desobediência”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseobediênciaobedience
2Latinoboedientiaobedience; nominative neuter plural of oboediēns;...
3Latinoboediēns—
4Latinoboedioto obey, yield obedience to; to be subject to, to...
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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