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Where does “Offerte” come from?

Offerte (German) comes from French offerte, from Old French ofrir, from Vulgar Latin offerire, from Latin offerre, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

Offerte (German): offer, bid

Definitions

  1. offer, bid

Ancestry of “Offerte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchoffertefeminine singular of the past participle of...
2Old Frenchofrirto offer
3Vulgar Latinofferirepresent active infinitive of *offeriō
4Latinofferrepresent active infinitive of offerō; bring to,...
5Latinob-towards; against
6Latinobolusobolus
7Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
8Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
9Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
11Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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