Where does “inofficiously” come from?
inofficiously (English) comes from English inofficious, from Latin inofficiosus, from Latin officiōsus, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen — missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
inofficiously (English): In an inofficious manner; without officiousness
Definitions
- In an inofficious manner; without officiousness
Ancestry of “inofficiously”, step by step
inofficiously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inofficious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inofficious | Indifferent to obligation or duty; Not officious;... |
| 2 | Latin | inofficiosus | undutiful, inofficious; null and void |
| 3 | Latin | officiōsus | attentive, dutiful, obliging |
| 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... |