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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

obese XVII. — L. obēsus that has eaten himself fat, stout, plump, f. OB- + ēsus, pp. of edere EAT.
So obesity XVII. — F. or L.

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