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Where does “ocasional” come from?

ocasional (Spanish) comes from Spanish ocasión, from Latin occasio, from Latin occasus, from Latin occidō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

ocasional (Spanish): occasional

Definitions

  1. occasional

Ancestry of “ocasional”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishocasiónoccasion
2Latinoccasiooccasion, opportunity; kairos, the right time,...
3Latinoccasussetting; west; western
4Latinoccidō—
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

Words derived from “ocasional”

  • ocasionalmente
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