Where does “co-official” come from?
co-official (English) comes from English co, from English company, from Middle English companye, from Old French compaignie, from Old French compain, from Latin compāniō, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
co-official (English): Jointly official, having full official status...
Definitions
- Jointly official, having full official status...
Ancestry of “co-official”, step by step
co-official traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English co
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | co | Clipping of company; they; them |
| 2 | English | company | A team; a group of people who work together... |
| 3 | Middle English | companye | A company, band, small group, or team of people;... |
| 4 | Old French | compaignie | companionship |
| 5 | Old French | compain | Alternative form of compaing; friend; companion |
| 6 | Latin | compāniō | comrade |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English official
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | official | Of or pertaining to an office or public trust;... |
| 2 | Middle English | official | An underling of a member of the clergy, often... |
| 3 | Old French | official | court official; chamber pot; official; certified... |
| 4 | Latin | officiālis | official |
| 5 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 6 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 7 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 8 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 9 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 10 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 11 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 12 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |