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Where does “shopoffice” come from?

shopoffice (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.

shopoffice (English): A building of virtually the same design as a...

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  1. A building of virtually the same design as a...

Ancestry of “shopoffice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOffice—
2Middle EnglishofficeThe state of being employed or having a work or...
3Old Frenchofficeoffice; service
4Latinofficiumduty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
5Latinopificiumwork
6LatinopifexSomeone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
7LatinOpsearth goddess, fertility deity
8Latinoscenany bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
9Latinopscen—
10Latinob-towards; against
11Latinobolusobolus
12Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
13Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
14Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
15Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
16Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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