Where does “oscurecimiento” come from?
oscurecimiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish oscurecer, from Spanish oscuro, from Latin obscurus, from Italian scuro, from Italian oscuro, from Latin obscūrus, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
oscurecimiento (Spanish): darkening, dimming
Definitions
- darkening, dimming
Ancestry of “oscurecimiento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | oscurecer | to darken |
| 2 | Spanish | oscuro | dark; obscure, incomprehensible; suspicious,... |
| 3 | Latin | obscurus | dark, dusky, shadowy; indistinct, unintelligible,... |
| 4 | Italian | scuro | dark, deep, sombre, swarthy; dark, sombre, grim,... |
| 5 | Italian | oscuro | first-person singular present of oscurare; dark;... |
| 6 | Latin | obscūrus | dark, dusky, shadowy |
| 7 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 8 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |