Where does “officiating” come from?
Officiating derives from English officiate, from Latin officiatus (past participle of officio), from Latin officium meaning duty or service, ultimately from Latin ops meaning work or effort combined with the Latin suffix -ium.
officiating (English): present participle of officiate
Definitions
- present participle of officiate
Ancestry of “officiating”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | officiate | To perform the functions of some office; To serve... |
| 2 | English | -ate | having the specified thing; characterized by the... |
| 3 | English | -cy | Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | -cie | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tia | office, rank |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |