Where does “halboffiziell” come from?
halboffiziell (German) comes from German offiziell, from French officiel, from English official, from Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium — missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
halboffiziell (German): semi-official
Definitions
- semi-official
Ancestry of “halboffiziell”, step by step
halboffiziell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German offiziell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | offiziell | official |
| 2 | French | officiel | official |
| 3 | English | official | Of or pertaining to an office or public trust;... |
| 4 | Middle English | official | An underling of a member of the clergy, often... |
| 5 | Old French | official | court official; chamber pot; official; certified... |
| 6 | Latin | officiālis | official |
| 7 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 8 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 9 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 10 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 11 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 12 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 13 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 14 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
via German halb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | halb | half, halfway; a half-hour before, thirty minutes... |
| 2 | Middle High German | halp | — |
| 3 | Old High German | halb | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | halb | half |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | halbaz | half |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |