Where does “operator” come from?

operator (Kurdish) comes from Latin operator, 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.

operator (Kurdish): surgeon

Definitions

  1. surgeon

Ancestry of “operator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoperatorworker, operator; second-person singular future...
2LatinoperorI work, labor
3Latinoperawork, exertion, effort; service; care, attention...
4LatinOpusThe capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus
5Ancient GreekὈποῦςOpus, Greece
6Ancient Greekὀπόςjuice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice
7Proto-Indo-Europeansokʷósjuice of plants
8Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sokʷósEvery word from Ancient Greek ὀπός
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