Where does “upseeri” come from?
upseeri (Finnish) comes from Swedish officer, from German Offizier, from Old French officer, from Medieval Latin officiarius, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex, from Latin Ops — a spit, rod; a horizontal line.
upseeri (Finnish): officer; either a queen, knight, bishop or rook
Definitions
- officer; either a queen, knight, bishop or rook
Ancestry of “upseeri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | officer | officer, a military person of "fänrik" grade or... |
| 2 | German | Offizier | officer, commissioned officer; any chess piece... |
| 3 | Old French | officer | officer |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | officiarius | officer |
| 5 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 6 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 7 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,... |
| 8 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 9 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 10 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 11 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 12 | Latin | obolus | obolus |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
Words derived from “upseeri”