Where does “operate” come from?
operate (Italian) comes from Italian operare, from Latin operor, from Latin opera, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
operate (Italian): plural of operata; second-person plural present...
Definitions
- plural of operata; second-person plural present...
Ancestry of “operate”, step by step
operate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian operare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | operare | to operate, work, act; to work, do, perform,... |
| 2 | Latin | operor | I work, labor |
| 3 | Latin | opera | work, exertion, effort; service; care, attention... |
| 4 | Latin | Opus | The capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | Opus, Greece |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |