Where does “obligație” come from?
obligație (Romanian) comes from French obligation, from Latin obligātiōnem, from Latin obligō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
obligație (Romanian): obligation
Definitions
- obligation
Ancestry of “obligație”, step by step
obligație traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French obligation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | obligation | obligation |
| 2 | Latin | obligātiōnem | — |
| 3 | Latin | obligō | to bind in obligation, obligate, make liable |
| 4 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 5 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Latin obligatio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | obligatio | binding; engaging, pledging, obligation, bond;... |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |