Etymology

embelif

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Today it means: Oblique. Full definition →

Middle English embelif ← Old French en belif ← Latin ob-līquus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromob-līquus
  2. Old French · derived fromen belif
  3. Middle English · inherited fromembelif“oblique (adj.); obliquely (adv.)”
  4. English todayembelif

From Middle English embelif (“oblique (adj.); obliquely (adv.)”) (compare Middle English embelink), from Old French en belif / beslif, related to Latin ob-līquus.

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