Where does “オフィスレディー” come from?
オフィスレディー (Japanese) comes from Japanese オフィス, from English Office, from Middle English office, from Old French office, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex, from Latin Ops.
オフィスレディー (Japanese): an "office lady"
Definitions
- an "office lady"
Ancestry of “オフィスレディー”, step by step
オフィスレディー traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese オフィス
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | オフィス | office (building or room) |
| 2 | English | Office | A ceremonial duty or service, particularly |
| 3 | Middle English | office | The state of being employed or having a work or... |
| 4 | Old French | office | office; service |
| 5 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 6 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 7 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 8 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 9 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 10 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 11 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 12 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
via English lady
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lady | The mistress of a household; A woman of breeding... |
| 2 | Middle English | lady | A woman with authority or leadership |
| 3 | Old English | hlǣfdīġe | bread-kneader; mistress of a household, wife of a... |
| 4 | Old English | hlāf | bread, loaf; bread, loaf, morsel; loaf, cake,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hlaib | bread, loaf |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hlaibaz | bread |