obnubilate

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)newdʰ-“to cover”
2. Latin · borrowed fromobnūbilātus
3. English todayobnubilate

Borrowed from Latin obnūbilātus, perfect passive participle of obnūbilō (“to cover with clouds or fog”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ob- + nūbilō (“be cloudy”), from nūbēs (“cloud”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). By surface analysis, ob- + Latin nubil- + -ate.

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