Where does “coffice” come from?
coffice (English) comes from English Office, from Middle English office, from Old French office, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
coffice (English): A cubicle with a door to provide the appearance...
Definitions
- A cubicle with a door to provide the appearance...
Ancestry of “coffice”, step by step
coffice traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Office
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Office | A ceremonial duty or service, particularly |
| 2 | Middle English | office | The state of being employed or having a work or... |
| 3 | Old French | office | office; service |
| 4 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 5 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 6 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 7 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 8 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 9 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 10 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 11 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via English cubicle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cubicle | A small separate part or one of the compartments... |
| 2 | Latin | cubiculum | A small bedroom; bedchamber |
| 3 | Latin | cubāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | cubō | to lie down, recline |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kubāō | to lie down |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewb- | briar, thorn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱew- | skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷṓws | cattle |
via English coffee shop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coffee shop | A small café or restaurant typically selling... |
| 2 | English | coffee | A beverage made by infusing the beans of the... |
| 3 | Dutch | koffie | coffee |
| 4 | Italian | caffè | coffee; a café |
| 5 | Turkish | kahve | coffee |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | قهوه | coffee |
| 7 | Persian | قهوه | coffee |
| 8 | Arabic | قهوة | wine; coffee; coffee shop, café |