English
obex
Obex comes from Latin obex ‘barrier, wall’, from obiciō ‘to throw or put before or towards’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiciō‘to throw or put before or towards’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobex‘barrier, wall’
- Englishtodayobex
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiciō‘to throw or put before or towards’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobex‘barrier, wall’
- Englishtodayobex
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, hour, trajectory, catheter, abject, enema, jut, iambic, jetsam, 36 more
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
projection, projectile, dejection, 22 more
through Latin iaciō ‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
project, disease, ease, jet, objective, adjacent, injection, jess, objection, inject, conjecture, adjective, gist, ejection, jetty, eject, ejaculation, ejaculate, jettison, subjection, interject, objector, joist, 27 more
through Latin obiciō ‘to throw or put before or towards’
Today it means
noun A small, crescentic fold of white matter that covers the inferior angle of the floor of the fourth ventricle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- / obex