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