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Where does “officialty” come from?

officialty (English) comes from English official, from Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex, from Latin Ops.

officialty (English): Alternative form of officiality

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of officiality

Ancestry of “officialty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishofficialOf or pertaining to an office or public trust;...
2Middle EnglishofficialAn underling of a member of the clergy, often...
3Old Frenchofficialcourt official; chamber pot; official; certified...
4Latinofficiālis—
5Latinofficiumduty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
6Latinopificiumwork
7LatinopifexSomeone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
8LatinOpsearth goddess, fertility deity
9Latinoscenany bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
10Latinopscen—
11Latinob-towards; against
12Latinobolusobolus
13Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
14Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
15Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
16Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
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