Where does “officiel” come from?
officiel (French) comes from English official, from Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex, from Latin Ops — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
officiel (French): official
Definitions
- official
Ancestry of “officiel”, step by step
officiel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English official
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | official | Of or pertaining to an office or public trust;... |
| 2 | Middle English | official | An underling of a member of the clergy, often... |
| 3 | Old French | official | court official; chamber pot; official; certified... |
| 4 | Latin | officiālis | official |
| 5 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 6 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 7 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 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 (Greek coin) |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Late Latin officialis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | officialis | official |
| 2 | Latin | -alis | Used to form adjectives of relationship from... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -li- | — |