obtund
English
/əbˈtʌnd/, /əbˈtənd/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (push, hit, thrust).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)tewd-
Gloss
push, hit, thrust
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonobtuse English
- obtundation English
- obtundedness English
- obtundent English
- obtunder English
- obtundity English
- obtusely English
- obtuseness English
- obtusity English
- subobtuse English
- unobtuse English
- obtūsus Latin
- studeo Latin
- studeō Latin
- studium Latin
- studēre Latin
- tudes Latin
- Τυνδάρεος Ancient Greek
- *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)tewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *studenъ Proto-Slavic
- تند Persian
- do·tuit Old Irish
- *kerati Proto-Celtic
- *tudeti Proto-Celtic
- *tawd- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *tundō Proto-Italic
- *stūdnja Proto-Albanian