oskur
Maltese
/ɔsˈkuːr/
adjective
Definitions
- obscure; nebulous; dubious
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian oscuro (dark, obscure) derived from Latin obscurus (dark, unrecognized, unknown, secret).
Origin
Latin
obscurus
Gloss
dark, unrecognized, unknown, secret
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
暗, 闇, 冥
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *de-obscuricare Latin
- obscuripennis Latin
- obscuritas Latin
- obscurus Latin
- obscūrus Latin
- perobscurus Latin
- obskúrus Hungarian
- chiaroscuro Italian
- oscuramente Italian
- oscurità Italian
- oscuro Italian
- semioscuro Italian
- obscuro Spanish, Castilian
- *skuH-ro- Proto-Indo-European
- skur Maltese
- scuru Sicilian