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Where does “fo-oifigeach” come from?

fo-oifigeach (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...

fo-oifigeach (Irish): subordinate officer, subaltern; subordinate...

Definitions

  1. subordinate officer, subaltern; subordinate...

Ancestry of “fo-oifigeach”, 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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