Where does “bylaw officer” come from?
bylaw officer (English) comes from English officer, from Middle English officer, from Anglo-Norman officer, from Latin officiārius, from French officier, from German Offizier, from Old French officer, from Medieval Latin officiarius — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
bylaw officer (English): An agent of municipal law enforcement responsible for ensuring obedience to the bylaws
Definitions
- An agent of municipal law enforcement responsible for ensuring obedience to the bylaws
Ancestry of “bylaw officer”, step by step
bylaw officer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English officer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | officer | One who has a position of authority in a... |
| 2 | Middle English | officer | A hireling or subordinate; one employed to serve,... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | officer | officer |
| 4 | Latin | officiārius | officer |
| 5 | French | officier | to officiate; officer |
| 6 | German | Offizier | officer, commissioned officer; any chess piece... |
| 7 | Old French | officer | officer |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | officiarius | officer |
| 9 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 10 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 11 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 12 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 13 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 14 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 15 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 16 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |