English

obliquus

Obliquus comes from Latin oblīquus ‘sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique’.

Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoblīquus‘sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique’
Englishtodayobliquus

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoblīquus‘sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique’
Englishtodayobliquus

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’

lock, reluctant, reluctance, leek, loke, 15 more

Today it means

noun An obliquus muscle; a muscle running obliquely.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin oblīquus / obliquus

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