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- Latin · derived fromobscūrant-
- French · derived fromobscurant
- German · derived fromObskurant
- English todayobscurant
Entering English circa 1793–1799: From German Obskurant and French obscurant, from classical Latin obscūrant-, stem of obscūrāns, present participle of obscūrāre (“to obscure”), from obscūrus (“dark”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.