Where does “motsats” come from?
motsats (Swedish) comes from German Gegensatz, from Latin oppositiō, from French opposition, from Late Latin oppositio, from Latin oppono, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
motsats (Swedish): contradiction; the opposite
Definitions
- contradiction; the opposite
Ancestry of “motsats”, step by step
motsats traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Gegensatz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gegensatz | opposition, antagonism; opposite; conflict,... |
| 2 | Latin | oppositiō | opposing, opposition |
| 3 | French | opposition | opposition |
| 4 | Late Latin | oppositio | opposing, opposition |
| 5 | Latin | oppono | I set against; I oppose |
| 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 |
via Swedish sats
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sats | theorem, proposition; the preparing movements... |
| 2 | German | Satz | sentence; proposition, theorem; set |
| 3 | Middle High German | saz | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | setzen | to set, place down |
| 5 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | to set, place |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |