Where does “ouvrage” come from?
ouvrage (French) comes from Old French ovraige, from Latin operaticum, from Latin opera, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
ouvrage (French): work, labour; piece of work; work, oeuvre
Definitions
- work, labour; piece of work; work, oeuvre
Ancestry of “ouvrage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | ovraige | work; labor |
| 2 | Latin | operaticum | — |
| 3 | Latin | opera | work, exertion, effort; service; care, attention... |
| 4 | Latin | Opus | The capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | Opus, Greece |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |