{"id":582994,"date":"2023-12-31T08:02:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T13:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=582994"},"modified":"2023-12-31T08:04:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T13:04:41","slug":"obese-etymology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/31\/obese-etymology\/","title":{"rendered":"Obese etymology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u009doferfaett\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d overfat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History and the evolution of the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153obese\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Etymology of Obese<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

From Latin<\/a> ob\u00c4\u201csus<\/a><\/em>, derived from obed\u00c5\u008d<\/a><\/em> (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I devour, eat away\u00e2\u20ac\u009d), from ob<\/a><\/em> (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153away\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) + ed\u00c5\u008d<\/a><\/em> (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I eat\u00e2\u20ac\u009d). Displaced native Old English<\/a> oferf\u00c7\u00a3tt<\/a><\/em> (literally \u00e2\u20ac\u0153overfat\u00e2\u20ac\u009d).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The etymology of the word “obese” is quite interesting. It originates from the Latin word “obesus,” which means “having eaten until fat.” This term is derived from “ob-” meaning “over” and “edere,” which means “to eat.” So, the literal translation would be “to eat oneself fat.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This etymology reflects a direct and somewhat blunt understanding of obesity in ancient times, connecting it directly to the act of eating. It’s a fascinating insight into how language evolves and how historical perspectives on body weight were conceptualized and communicated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00e2\u20ac\u009doferfaett\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d overfat History and the evolution of the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153obese\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Etymology of Obese From Latin ob\u00c4\u201csus, derived from obed\u00c5\u008d (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I devour, eat away\u00e2\u20ac\u009d), from ob (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153away\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) + ed\u00c5\u008d (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I eat\u00e2\u20ac\u009d). Displaced native Old English oferf\u00c7\u00a3tt (literally \u00e2\u20ac\u0153overfat\u00e2\u20ac\u009d). The etymology of the word “obese” is quite interesting. It originates from the Latin word “obesus,” which means “having eaten until fat.” This term is derived from “ob-” meaning “over” and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-582994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582994"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582999,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582994\/revisions\/582999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}