The story
- Latin · derived from*obstāculātus
- Italian · borrowed fromostacolare
- English todayobstaculate
Borrowed from Italian ostacolare, as if from a Latin *obstāculātus. Equivalent to obstacle + -ate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
obstaculate
Today it means: To act as an obstacle to; to impede, obstruct. Full definition →
Italian ostacolare ← Latin *obstāculātus