Where does “Fakaofo” come from?
Fakaofo (English) comes from Tokelauan ofo, from English offer, from Middle English offer, from Old English offrian, from Latin offerō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
Fakaofo (English): A South Pacific Ocean atoll in the Tokelau Group
Definitions
- A South Pacific Ocean atoll in the Tokelau Group
Ancestry of “Fakaofo”, step by step
Fakaofo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tokelauan ofo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokelauan | ofo | surprise |
| 2 | English | offer | A proposal that has been made; Something put... |
| 3 | Middle English | offer | — |
| 4 | Old English | offrian | to offer |
| 5 | Latin | offerō | to bring before or bring to, present, offer, bestow, show, place before, exhibit, expose |
| 6 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 7 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Proto-Polynesian faka-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | faka- | — |