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Where does “occupancy” come from?

Occupancy comes from Middle French occupance, from Latin occupantia, from the Latin suffix -ia denoting a state or condition, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -h₂.

occupancy (English): The act of occupying, the state of being occupied...

Definitions

  1. The act of occupying, the state of being occupied...

Ancestry of “occupancy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoccupantA person who occupies an office or a position; A...
2Latinoccupansoccupying, filling, taking up; seizing, invading,...
3Latinoccupō—
4Latinob-towards; against
5Latinobolusobolus
6Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
7Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
8Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
9Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

Words derived from “occupancy”

  • preoccupancy
  • multioccupancy
  • inoccupancy
  • underoccupancy
  • overoccupancy
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