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Where does “ardoifigeach” come from?

ardoifigeach (Irish) comes from Irish oifigeach, from Old Irish oificech, from Old Irish oific, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen — missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...

ardoifigeach (Irish): high-ranking officer; higher official

Definitions

  1. high-ranking officer; higher official

Ancestry of “ardoifigeach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishoifigeachofficer; official
2Old Irishoificecha person discharging duties of a post, an...
3Old Irishoificoffice
4Latinofficiumduty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
5Latinopificiumwork
6LatinopifexSomeone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
7LatinOpsearth goddess, fertility deity
8Latinoscenany bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
9Latinopscen—
10Latinob-towards; against
11Latinobolusobolus
12Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
13Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
14Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
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