Where does “upseeristo” come from?
upseeristo (Finnish) comes from Finnish upseeri, from Swedish officer, from German Offizier, from Old French officer, from Medieval Latin officiarius, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex — obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
upseeristo (Finnish): officers
Ancestry of “upseeristo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | upseeri | officer; either a queen, knight, bishop or rook |
| 2 | Swedish | officer | officer, a military person of "fänrik" grade or... |
| 3 | German | Offizier | officer, commissioned officer; any chess piece... |
| 4 | Old French | officer | officer |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | officiarius | officer |
| 6 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 7 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 8 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,... |
| 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 |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |