Where does “Unteroffizier” come from?
Unteroffizier (German) comes from German Offizier, from Old French officer, from Medieval Latin officiarius, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen — missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
Unteroffizier (German): non-commissioned officer, NCO; A military rank in...
Definitions
- non-commissioned officer, NCO; A military rank in...
Ancestry of “Unteroffizier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Offizier | officer, commissioned officer; any chess piece... |
| 2 | Old French | officer | officer |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | officiarius | officer |
| 4 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 5 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 6 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,... |
| 7 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 8 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 9 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 10 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 11 | Latin | obolus | obolus |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
Words derived from “Unteroffizier”