Where does “ginecobstetricia” come from?

ginecobstetricia (Spanish) comes from Spanish obstetricia, from Latin obstetricius, from Latin obstetrix, from Latin obstō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

ginecobstetricia (Spanish): gynecology and obstetrics

Definitions

  1. gynecology and obstetrics

Ancestry of “ginecobstetricia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishobstetriciaobstetrics
2Latinobstetriciusbelonging to a midwife
3Latinobstetrixmidwife
4Latinobstōto stand before, stand in the way of, obstruct, block, oppose
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-