'obscuration' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'obscuratio,' where 'ob-' meant 'over' and 'scurare' meant 'to cover.'

'obscuratio' transformed into the Old French word 'obscuration,' and eventually became the modern English word 'obscuration' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'to cover or darken,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'the act of obscuring or the state of being obscured.'