English
obesity
Obesity comes from Latin obēsitās ‘obesity, fatness, corpulence’, from obēsus ‘fat’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ‘to eat’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ed-‘to eat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁édti‘to eat’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*edō‘to eat’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEedō‘to eat’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobedō‘eat away, devour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobēsus‘fat’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobēsitās‘obesity, fatness, corpulence’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentobésité
- Englishearliest quotation 1869obesity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ed-‘to eat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁édti‘to eat’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*edō‘to eat’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEedō‘to eat’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobedō‘eat away, devour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobēsus‘fat’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobēsitās‘obesity, fatness, corpulence’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentobésité
- Englishearliest quotation 1869obesity
Earliest quotation: 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago: “The fowls, ducks, and goats all looked fat and…”
Equivalent to obese + -ity
Latin obedō ‘to devour, eat away’
Latin obēsus ‘eaten away, devoured, having been eaten away’
English obese
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ‘to eat’
eating, anna, ana, fret, anodyne, esca, 20 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti ‘to eat’
eat, et, ent, etch, phage, 11 more
through Latin edō ‘to eat’
through Latin obēsus ‘fat’
Today it means
noun The state of being obese.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- / obesity