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Where does “sottufficiale” come from?

sottufficiale (Italian) comes from Italian ufficiale, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen.

sottufficiale (Italian): non-commissioned officer; petty officer

Definitions

  1. non-commissioned officer; petty officer

Ancestry of “sottufficiale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianufficialeofficial; officer
2Latinofficiālis—
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—
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