Where does “ostentosamente” come from?

ostentosamente (Spanish) comes from Spanish ostentoso, from Spanish ostentar, from Latin ostentō, from Latin ostendō, from Latin obs-, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

ostentosamente (Spanish): ostentatiously

Definitions

  1. ostentatiously

Ancestry of “ostentosamente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishostentosoostentatious, flashy, showy; swank, swanky
2Spanishostentarto display, to flaunt; to hold, to possess
3Latinostentōto exhibit, show, present
4Latinostendōto expose to view, exhibit, show
5Latinobs-in front of
6Latinob-towards; against
7Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
8Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
9Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
10Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
11Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
12Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-Every word from Latin ob-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷélHos