Where does “Stabsunteroffizier” come from?
Stabsunteroffizier (German) comes from German unteroffizier, 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.
Stabsunteroffizier (German): sergeant
Definitions
- sergeant
Ancestry of “Stabsunteroffizier”, step by step
Stabsunteroffizier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German unteroffizier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | unteroffizier | non-commissioned officer, NCO |
| 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 (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 |