Where does “unofficialness” come from?
unofficialness (English) comes from English unofficial, from English official, from Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex — missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
unofficialness (English): The quality of being unofficial
Definitions
- The quality of being unofficial
Ancestry of “unofficialness”, step by step
unofficialness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unofficial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unofficial | Not officially established; Not acting with... |
| 2 | English | official | Of or pertaining to an office or public trust;... |
| 3 | Middle English | official | An underling of a member of the clergy, often... |
| 4 | Old French | official | court official; chamber pot; official; certified... |
| 5 | Latin | officiālis | official |
| 6 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 7 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 8 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 9 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 10 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 11 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 12 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 13 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |