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Where does “offiziös” come from?

offiziös (German) comes from French officieux, from Latin officiōsus, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

offiziös (German): officious

Definitions

  1. officious

Ancestry of “offiziös”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchofficieuxunofficial
2Latinofficiōsus—
3Latinofficiumduty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
4Latinopificiumwork
5LatinopifexSomeone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
6LatinOpsearth goddess, fertility deity
7Latinoscenany bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
8Latinopscen—
9Latinob-towards; against
10Latinobolusobolus
11Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
12Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
13Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
14Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
15Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

Words derived from “offiziös”

  • официоз
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