Where does “inofficious” come from?
inofficious (English) comes from Latin inofficiosus, from Latin officiōsus, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen.
inofficious (English): Indifferent to obligation or duty; Not officious;...
Definitions
- Indifferent to obligation or duty; Not officious;...
Ancestry of “inofficious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | inofficiosus | undutiful, inofficious; null and void |
| 2 | Latin | officiōsus | attentive, dutiful, obliging |
| 3 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 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 | — |