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Where does “опулентан” come from?

опулентан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Latin opulentus, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

опулентан (Serbo-Croatian): opulent

Definitions

  1. opulent

Ancestry of “опулентан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinopulentuswealthy, rich; opulent
2LatinOpsearth goddess, fertility deity
3Latinoscenany bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
4Latinopscen—
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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