English
obliquation
Obliquation comes from Latin obliquō ‘to turn obliquely’, and goes back to oblīquus ‘slanting’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoblīquus‘slanting’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobliquō‘to turn obliquely’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobliquātiō
- Englishearliest quotation 1756-1757obliquation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoblīquus‘slanting’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobliquō‘to turn obliquely’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobliquātiō
- Englishearliest quotation 1756-1757obliquation
Earliest quotation: 1756-1757, Thomas Birch: “the obliquation of the eye”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’
Today it means
noun The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin oblīquus / obliquation