Where does “opus” come from?
Opus comes from Latin opus, derived from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-os-, itself from the root h₃ep-.
opus (English): A work of music or set of works with a specified...
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- A work of music or set of works with a specified...
Ancestry of “opus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Opus | The capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | Opus, Greece |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |