Where does “ostentatório” come from?

ostentatório (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese ostentar, from Latin ostentō, from Latin ostendō, from Latin obs-, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

ostentatório (Portuguese): ostentatious relating to ostentatious

Definitions

  1. ostentatious relating to ostentatious

Ancestry of “ostentatório”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseostentarto display, flaunt
2Latinostentōto exhibit, show, present
3Latinostendōto expose to view, exhibit, show
4Latinobs-in front of
5Latinob-towards; against
6Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-Every word from Latin ob-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷélHos