Where does “opulencia” come from?
opulencia (Spanish) comes from Latin opulentia, from Latin opulentus, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
opulencia (Spanish): opulence, luxury
Definitions
- opulence, luxury
Ancestry of “opulencia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | opulentia | wealth, opulence |
| 2 | Latin | opulentus | wealthy, rich; opulent |
| 3 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 4 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 5 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 6 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 7 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |