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Where does “nonofficer” come from?

nonofficer (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.

nonofficer (English): One who is not an officer

Definitions

  1. One who is not an officer

Ancestry of “nonofficer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishofficerOne who has a position of authority in a...
2Middle EnglishofficerA hireling or subordinate; one employed to serve,...
3Anglo-Normanofficerofficer
4Latinofficiārius—
5Frenchofficierto officiate; officer
6GermanOffizierofficer, commissioned officer; any chess piece...
7Old Frenchofficerofficer
8Medieval Latinofficiariusofficer
9Latinofficiumduty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
10Latinopificiumwork
11LatinopifexSomeone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
12LatinOpsearth goddess, fertility deity
13Latinoscenany bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
14Latinopscen—
15Latinob-towards; against
16Latinobolusobolus
17Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
18Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
19Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
20Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
21Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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