Where does “okazi” come from?
okazi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto okazo, from French occasion, from Italian occasione, from Russian оказия, from Polish okazja, from Latin occasio, from Latin occasus, from Latin occidō — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
okazi (Esperanto): to happen, to occur
Definitions
- to happen, to occur
Ancestry of “okazi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | okazo | occasion; event |
| 2 | French | occasion | occasion, opportunity; cause; bargain, good deal |
| 3 | Italian | occasione | opportunity, chance, occasion, scope;... |
| 4 | Russian | оказия | opportunity; unexpected event |
| 5 | Polish | okazja | chance, occasion, opportunity |
| 6 | Latin | occasio | occasion, opportunity; kairos, the right time,... |
| 7 | Latin | occasus | setting; west; western |
| 8 | Latin | occidō | to fall down |
| 9 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 10 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |