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Where does “oficala” come from?

oficala (Ido) comes from Ido ofico, from Esperanto ofico, 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.

oficala (Ido): official

Definitions

  1. official

Ancestry of “oficala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idooficooffice, post, duty
2Esperantooficooffice, function, job
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
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