Where does “office-goer” come from?

office-goer (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.

office-goer (English): One who works in an office

Definitions

One who works in an office

Ancestry of “office-goer”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	Office	—
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 ; worker, maker, framer,...
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
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

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