Where does “kaopisina” come from?
kaopisina (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano opisina, from Spanish oficina, from Latin officīna, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
kaopisina (Cebuano): an officemate
Definitions
- an officemate
Ancestry of “kaopisina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | opisina | office |
| 2 | Spanish | oficina | office; workshop; laboratory |
| 3 | Latin | officīna | workshop, manufactory |
| 4 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 5 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 6 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 7 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 8 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 9 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 10 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |